Abducted Rivers Council Chairman Regains Freedom

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.

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