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Abducted Popular Nigerian Televangelist, Rev Ochigbo Regains Freedom
Popular Television preacher and motivational speaker, Reverend Mike Ochigbo, has regained freedom.
Ochigbo, who is the General Overseer of Freedom Power Chapel, was kidnapped at gunpoint from his residence located in Nyibango during the wee hours of Wednesday.
He regained freedom Friday morning after he allegedly paid the sum of N10 million as ransom to the kidnappers.
The Punch report that the spokesperson for Adamawa State Police Command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said operatives had been deployed to rescue Ochigbo.
According to him, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Afolabi Babatola, has deployed operatives of the Command drawn from the Special Rapid Response Team, Crack Squad and other Tactical Squads to carry out a tactical and intelligence-driven 24/7 operation on Criminal Hideouts and Black Spots to rescue the kidnapped Ochigbo and another pastor, John Moses, who was also kidnapped by gunmen.
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