By Chioma Iruke
Peter Igbifa, the President of the Ijaw Youths Council, IYC Worldwide, a Nigerian ethnic group, who was kidnapped on Monday, has regained freedom.
His release brings calm and releif to youths in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria were there has been various protests since news of his abduction broke.
Igbifa whose release comes barely 48 hours after his abduction, was captured by armed marksmen along the Port Harcourt International Airport Road in Rivers State on his way to catch a flight to Abuja for a crucial meeting.
An aide to the Bayelsa State Governor and Director, New Media, Kola Oredipe confirmed his release.
Oredipe further said Igbiga was dropped off in a community in Bayelsa by his abductors and rescued by the police afterwards, adding that he was taken to Governor Douye Diri after he breathed the air of freedom.
“He was dropped off in one of the communities in Bayelsa. Thereafter, the police rescued him. He was taken to the Governor. So he is in Yenagoa for now,” Oredipe stated.
