Gunmen have kidnapped the 72-year-old mother of ex-international Nigerian footballer Samson Siasia.
This is the second time she will be abducted by unknown men.
The abductors were said to have carried out their evil operation at about 2am on Monday.
In November 2015, Mrs. Siasia spent 13 days with kidnappers, who snatched her from her residence in Odoni community of Sagama Local Council Area in Bayelsa State
Three kidnappers took Ogere Siasia from the family home in Bayelsa state in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
Her son appealed for her release and said the gunmen’s motive was unclear.
The BBC’s Chris Ewokor in the capital, Abuja, says kidnapping, often for ransom, is common in parts of Nigeria and footballers’ families are increasingly becoming targets.
Nigeria international Christian Obodo was abducted in Warri, southern Nigeria in June 2012.
A year earlier, the father of Nigerian footballer and Chelsea player John Obi Mikel was kidnapped in Jos, central Nigeria.
“I only beg them to please release her unhurt. I was told they shot sporadically into the air before taking her away on a motorcycle,” Samson Siasia told BBC Sport.
“We’ve not heard from them to know their motive, but right now I’m only concerned about her safety,” he added.
The Nigerian Football Federation’s president Amaju Pinnick also appealed for the kidnappers to release Mrs Siasia.
“Samson is on a critical national assignment presently and the last he needs is this kind of distraction,” he said.
