Popular Television preacher and motivational speaker, Reverend Mike Ochigbo, has regained freedom.
PUNCH reported that 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.
An online news platform (not PUNCH) reported that Ochigbo regained freedom Friday morning after he allegedly paid the sum of N10 million as ransom to the kidnappers.
PUNCH also reported 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.
Details later…
