Kidnapped chairman of the Kaduna State chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria , Apostle Emmanuel Egoh Bako , and his wife , Cindy , have regained freedom from their captors.
Gunmen about 8:00pm on Christmas Day , invaded the Albarka Prayer Camp at Fadan Kagoma near Kafanchan in Jema’ a Local Government Area of the state, shot indiscriminately before taking away the cleric , wife and one other person simply identified as Mr . Douglas to an unknown destination .
A government statement by the commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr . Samuel Aruwan , said Bako and the wife were freed from the kidnappers ’ den on Sunday .
The statement was titled , ‘ Apostle Bako , wife regain freedom. ’
The commissioner said the Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria in Kaduna State , Rev. Tony Inwulale , also confirmed the development to the government .
Aruwan said Governor Nasir El -Rufai expressed relief and happiness over the development and offered his best wishes to the cleric and his wife .
“ The Kaduna State Government has been informed by the security agencies of the release of Apostle Emmanuel Ego Bako and his wife , Mrs Cindy Bako on Sunday afternoon by their abductors, ” the commissioner added .
