The Enugu State Police Command on Monday evening said it has rescued Pa Michael Obi, the father of Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi, from kidnappers.
Spokesman of the Command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed in a statement that Pa Obi and his driver, John Ishaya, were abducted along Makurdi-Enugu road on June 29. Mikel’s father, according to the police, was on his way from Jos, Plateau State, in a grey coloured Toyota Prado sports utility vehicle, with registration number MUS 604 CG, when he was kidnapped.
The kidnappers demanded N10m as ransom from Obi’s family, according to Amaraizu. However, at about 2:00 pm on Monday, operatives of the Ninth Mile Division of the Enugu State Police Command rescued Obi and his driver in a forest in the Udi area of Enugu. Amaraizu said the rescue followed a gun battle between the police and the kidnappers, who escaped after being overpowered by the security agents.
In his reaction, Pa Michael Obi extolled the response and efforts of the police which led to their rescue. He thanked the Commissioner of Police, Danmallam Mohammed, and his operatives insisting that he is happy with the operatives’ performance. I am alive and healthy. I thank the commissioner of police and the police operatives on their efforts which led to our rescue."
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Thank God you are alive..all glory belongs to ur creator
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Again? Won't they leave this man alone? Some years ago, he was kidnapped fa.
ReplyDeleteGod is good
ReplyDeleteMikel Obi should provide his Dad with Security whenever he's travelling.
ReplyDeleteThis is the Second time this Man has been kidnapped.
He should move him into a high profile security estate in Enugu maybe (Zoo estate).
I also think it's an inside Job.
Ndi Igbo si " na onye ma mmadu na-egbu he.
A word is enough for the wise.
Empress biko is this your Igbo Abakaliki Igbo, Nsukka Igbo abi Chinese Igbo?
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DeleteBiko it's Anambra Igbo.
Asim na "Ndi Igbo si no onye Ma Mmadu na egbu ya".
Oya, speak your own
Lol@ chukwuemeka's question. CEO Empress, you're right, Mikel please move your daddy to enugu he'll be safe there.... No wonder Mikel ran away from Nigerian girls and settled for a Russian 😎
DeleteEmpress did you read where they said he was kidnapped on his way? Hmmmm
Delete@ Amanda, he needs to
Delete@ Hummingbird, Read my first sentence.
That's why i said he should be provided with security whenever he's travelling.
Thank God.
ReplyDeleteMikel,how many times will they kidnap your father,please move this man from naija so he won't be killed before his time.
DeleteThey are still kidnapping the octogenarian? Nigeria my beloved country??
ReplyDeleteThank God he's been rescued alive.
ReplyDeleteSecond kidnap. Mikel should beef up security around his dad, but this looks like an inside job. I don't even trust the authorities on matters like this.
ReplyDeleteMikel take your father out of this country. 2nd time kidnapping. We don't want hear of 3rd time
ReplyDeletesome elderly parents are stubborn o, Mikel may have suggested taking him out of the country and maybe he refused. My dad was the same...
DeleteMikel shd just relocate this man n bring him to bury wen he die....
ReplyDeleteThank God for his life.
ReplyDeleteLazy youths that won't look for a decent means of livelihood. Mtcheww
Yinmu...if I hear say they did not pay the ransom...Awon olopa oniro oshi
ReplyDeleteHe should relocate this man abroad. I don't want to hear a third one.
ReplyDeleteInsider knows about this kidnap..
ReplyDeleteThank God
Maybe relatives self.
DeleteThis is the 2nd time they are kidnapping this innocent man, Chai may God continue to preserve him
ReplyDeleteNawa oooooo
ReplyDeletethank God o what these fools do now eh.. kidnap collect ransom and kill. very disheartening
ReplyDeleteThankGod for his life
ReplyDeleteMikel knows what he's doing. He's with a Russian woman and his father an Anambra Man is triberlistic if his Father moves in with him, he will destroy Mikel's relationship with "our tradition say that/the ways of our people is this and that". Question, what have your tradition and the ways of your people earn you and Nigeria ? + why are the Anambra people so triberlistic when it comes to there sons marriage but are okay with there daughters marring out? talk about double double standards. Stella post my comment.
ReplyDeleteIf his Father moves in with him he would give him problems why mess things up for me when you have leaved and had your own time ? Stay where you are at most visit and return to base. Don't come and spoil my own with your own . Stella if you like don't post.
ReplyDeleteMay your children do the same thing to you so shall it be ijn
DeleteWhat is this one talking about? Are u sure u are OK? If he moves his dad to his base must he stay with him in d same house? Mikel can rent a decent house for his dad..So shut it cos u are not making sense..What has his not marrying a Nigerian got to do with this?
DeleteHeculi Lina, did you read to understand or perhaps you're guilty of the issue I raised yet your kind will travel abroad and scream racism. Is it that your not aware the Obi family have been giving Mikel issues for years over his choice of partner "This is inside source ". Before you open your mouth talk learn to reason
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