Kidnapped former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Venezuela, Senator Felix Oboro has regained his freedom after spending 23 days in captivity.
There are allegations that a ransom of N11m was paid by the family of their victim before he was set free.
Senator Oboro aged 75, a one time Secretary to Bayelsa State Government (SSG) and former Senator who represented Bayelsa West Senatorial district and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress APC, was abducted on September 4, 2020, at his country home at Elemebiri, riverside town in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state.
Report has it that he was abducted twenty-four hours after he arrived the riverside settlement by gunmen in military fatigue who stormed his residence, while they shot sporadically at everything on sight, apparently to scare neighbours.
The kidnappers were said to have demanded N50m ransom, the amount was later reduced to N11m.
