on Saturday evening along Oza Road, in Orhionmwon Local Government Area
of the state, has regained his freedom.
The HoS was released by his abductors on Monday night according to a
family source, who pleaded anonymity.
The source said that Okungbowa was set free after payment of an
undisclosed amount as ransom demanded by his kidnappers and that the HoS
was hale and hearty since his release.
The family source disclosed that the ransom was paid through a
collaboration between the family and the State government.
“We just want to thank God that our brother has been set free and in
good health condition,” said the source.
The source, however, lamented that the Police orderly attached to the
HoS, who was shot during the process of the abduction, died on Monday
evening following complications from the gunshot injury he sustained.
It would be recalled that the driver of the HoS was shot dead by the
gunmen before abducting him, as he was returning to Benin after
attending a local event in Oza. (NAN)