The Caretaker Committee Chairman of Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Zaccheaus Dare Michael who was kidnapped by gunmen, has escaped from captivity.
Dare-Michael, alongside his aides, were kidnapped on Friday by some gunmen on the Kabba-Okene road while on his way home.
In an update, the Kogi state police command confirmed that the Chairman escaped on Saturday.
Confirming this, the Kogi Police Command’s spokesman, Williams Ovye-Aya, said, “II can confirm that the chairman graciously escaped from kidnappers in the early hours of Saturday.
“Our Divisional Police Officer in Kabba has confirmed that to me.
“It’s the work of God that the chairman was able to escape from his abductors.
“We give God the glory that he has returned to his family, hale and hearty.
“All the same, our officers and men are already trailing the kidnappers to arrest them and rescue other people in their possessions,” he said.
A family friend who spoke to NAN on condition of anonymity, said: “I heard that the chairman is back home. I am yet to visit his family house.”
