Pastor Bulus Yikura, who was kidnapped by Boko Haram, has regained freedom 24 hours before the deadline set for his execution the abductors.
According to reports, a security source informed news men that the cleric was set free on Wednesday evening on the outskirts of Maiduguri metropolis.
He was sighted with a few family members and the Nigerian secret police.
Yikura’s freedom is coming one day before the dateline for his execution in a widely circulated video to seek for help.
He was sighted in the video kneeling and begging Federal Government and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to intervene as his life was left hanging for a few days.
He was quoted in the video pleading that he has been given only seven days to appeal for assistance that will help him out of this torture.
He said that his rescue from the untold suffering and threat to life should be acted on fast.
In the video, he also called on the EYN president to help mobilise help that will rescue him, and also pray for him so that God will make things easy for him there.
As of the time of filling this report, it is not clear what transpired before the release of Pastor Yikura as details are still being kept under wraps.
Yikura was abducted on Christmas Eve last year when Boko Haram attacked Pemi village in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State and had since been with the captors.
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