PA Jeremiah Adindu, the
nonagenarian father of the immediate past
Chief Press Secretary to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Godwin Adindu was among those rescued from the hands of kidnappers by the Abia State Police command.
The police also apprehended the
mastermind of his kidnap, one Charles Uzodinma.
Pa Adindu was said to have been abducted from his home in Obingwa Council area of the state last weekend.
Parading the suspects who abducted the
nonagenarian, a retired civil servant, Abia
state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Leye
Oyebade disclosed that policemen from
Ohuru Isimiri Division in collaboration with
youths of Mgboko Umariogu, in Obingwa
council, vigilante and hunters rescued Pa
Adindu within the boundary between
Obingwa and Osokwa in Osisioma council
area last Tuesday.
The former Chief Press Secretary, Godwin
Adindu said he was in Lagos when the
news of his father’s kidnap was broken to
him, prompting him to quickly make
contacts and the police, youths of his area
and the vigilante swung into action and
rescued him.
He expressed gratitude to God that his
father despite his age was strong and able
to withstand the all the threats of the
hoodlums.
Adindu also thanked the Nigerian police as
well as all those whose efforts ensured that
his father, who he believes is about the
oldest man in his area was rescued.
“I am proud of the youths of my
community, the vigilante group and others
who saw this as an affront to the people of
my community”, Adindu said.
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