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Mrs Marie Ebikake, a former Commissioner for Transport in Bayelsa
State abducted by gunmen on the same day (Sunday) with a soldier in
separate incidents in the state, has regained freedom.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ebikake was freed at about 3am on Friday, but the fate of the soldier remained unknown.
Bayelsa Police Spokesman, DSP Asinim Butswat, confirmed the development to NAN on Friday in Yenagoa.
Butswat, however, said he did not have details of the terms of how she regained her freedom.
“I can confirm that the former Commissioner has been freed and reunited with her family, but I do not have the details,” he said.
Ebikake was kidnapped at her residence in the Igbogene area of
Yenagoa local council of the state. The soldier was abducted by
suspected sea pirates between the waterways of Foropa and Azuzuama area
of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area.
The soldier, simply identified as Rotimi, was on board a passenger
boat going to Yenagoa when he was abducted, while the boat driver was
shot in the shoulder.
Ebikake, who hails from Brass Local Government Area, is also a former local government chairman in the area.
NAN
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