The kidnapped Bayelsa State Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Mr. Federal Otokito, has regained his freedom.
Details were not immediately available but Mr. Daniel Alabrah, Chief Press Secretary to Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, confirmed the development on Monday evening.
Otokito’s release came hours after Governor Diri assured that no stone would be left unturned to ensure his release.
The governor called for his immediate and unconditional release by his abductors, stressing that the state’s laws against kidnapping would be followed to the letter against them.
Mr. Otokito was kidnapped last Thursday night, January 20, from his residence in Otuokpoti, his hometown in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state.
Speaking on Sunday at the 12th Kolokuma-Opokuma Thanksgiving Day in Sampou, his community, Governor Diri insisted that the state government would not pay a dime as ransom for his release.
He called on youths to shun kidnapping, which he said was counter-productive to the state and their wellbeing.