Five weeks after he was seized from his residence in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa  State, Chief Inegite Nitabai, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s uncle was Tuesday freed by his abductors.

It would be the second time that Nitabai, 72,  a former lecturer with the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, would be kidnapped by the gunmen in about two years.
His release also came on a day that Jonathan vowed not to succumb to the demand of the kidnappers of his uncle, who is also his foster father.

Details were still sketchy last night as to how he was released or rescued, but a source told THISDAY that the septuagenarian was released unhurt and was reunited with his family.

Butswat Asinim, the police spokesperson in the state, did not pick up his calls to confirm if any ransom was paid, however, the Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Peter Ogunyanwo, had a few hours before then boasted to newsmen that Jonathan assured him that he would not succumb to cheap blackmail.

“On the kidnap of the foster father of Former President Gooluck Jonathan, Chief Inegite, I have met several times with the former President on the matter and he has insisted that he is not going to pay ransom.

“The kidnappers have reduced their ransom to about N2million but the former President said he would not pay ransom. We are on the trail of the kidnappers and we would get them,’’ he had assured.

Nitabai was kidnapped at his residence along with a 35-year-old relative Mr. Samuel Oki, who was later killed by the abductors.
Oki’s  body was  found floating at Otuoke creeks two days after his abduction.

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