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A senior staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Kingsley Okorafor, who was kidnapped in the early hours of Saturday has regained his freedom.
The victim was abducted at his home town, Umuadara Umulogho autonomous community in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State, TheNewsGuru had learnt.
The abduction took place when he was driving home from the wake of the Traditional Ruler of Ndihu autonomous community in Obowo LGA, Innocent Anyanwu.
The burial of the deceased took place on Saturday after the wake last Friday.
Sources said the NDDC official was trailed by his kidnappers after he left the vigil to his community where he was abducted, leaving his car at the scene.
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It was also gathered that the suspects had established contacts with the victim’s family and placed N10m as ransom for his release.
The traditional ruler of the community, Patrick Uwalaka, who earlier said that the development was unfortunate also celebrated the eventual release.
The Imo State Police Command spokesman, Micheal Abattam did not respond to an inquiry about the abduction.
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