Amaechi Appeals to Aide’s Kidnappers to release him
The Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has addressed the abduction of his Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Freddy Ndigbara, saying the attack was politically motivated.
Amaechi released a statement via the Chief of Staff, Government House, Tony Okocha, on monday, explaining that Ndigbara was kidnapped by unknown gunmen, who stormed a rally of the All Progressives Congress in Kaani Ward Six, Khana Local Government Area.
He revealed that the hoodlums arrived at the scene in a red Toyota Highlander, then shot into the air, before going for their target and forced him into a waiting vehicle.
He said: “Of course, Freddy Ndigbara’s abduction is politically motivated. We are aware that Ndigbara, in league with the Celestine Akpobari, was able to convert over 5,000 PDP members to APC.
”There is nothing wrong or extraordinary in what he (Ndigbara) did because we are in a political setting where the in thing now is to win political converts. Winning new convert was what Freddie did before he was kidnapped,” he said.
Amaechi, appealed to his aide’s abductors to release him unconditionally, insisting that Ndigbara meant no harm to anybody as an APC member.
