The Chairman of Okrika Local Government Area, Chief Philimon Iwoloma Kinggoli, who was kidnapped on Tuesday last week by unknown gunmen, has regained his freedom.
A press statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday by the Rivers State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Nnamdi Omoni, said the abducted council chairman was rescued Tuesday night in a covert operation by the operatives of the anti-kidnapping unit of the Police.
He said that the freed council chairman was taken to the hospital, debriefed and released to reunite with his family.