The Police Command in Bayelsa on Monday confirmed the kidnap of a 60-yeard community leader, Chief Bertrand Douglas of Ekpekiri community.
Douglas, a renowned geologist, was kidnapped on Sunday by armed gunmen in his country home in Ekpekiri.
The command's Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Fidelis Odunna, told the News agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa that Douglas was abducted and taken to unknown destination.
He, however, said the command had dispatched a crack team to track down the kidnappers.
Douglas is the Managing Director of the Sart Nigeria Limited, an oil field laboratory firm, which specialised in pause behaviour and reservoirs management studies in the Niger Delta region.
The source told that the kidnappers came into the community through the waters and headed straight to the home of the business mogul.
Douglas, who is based in Port Harcourt, came home for the burial of one of his elder brothers.
The source further said that the gunmen, who abducted him, had engaged his security in gun-battle but could not confirm if there was any casualty.?