Report has it that the Anambra State Commissioner for Youth Development, Patrick Mba, and his wife have been released after spending a day in captivity. A top government official confirmed their release on Saturday, stating that the commissioner and his wife are now safe.
The couple was kidnapped on Friday along the Edo-Kogi Expressway while traveling to Abuja for the wedding of the state governor’s daughter. Tragically, one of the commissioner’s aides was killed during the abduction.
As of the time of filing this report, the state government has not issued an official statement on the incident.
