{"id":26279,"date":"2020-08-05T13:59:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T13:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=26279"},"modified":"2020-08-05T13:59:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T13:59:43","slug":"89-days-after-abduction-father-of-bayelsa-lga-chief-regains-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=26279","title":{"rendered":"89 days after abduction, father of Bayelsa LGA chief regains freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/police-nigeria.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Napoleon Alale, the abducted 80-year-old father of the chairman of the Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa State, has been freed by his kidnappers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The octogenarian was abducted by unknown gunmen from his Agbere country home on May 8, and had remained in captivity since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was released on Tuesday, exactly 89 days after his abduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spokesman of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/bayelsa-records-one-covid-19-death-four-new-cases\/\">Bayelsa State<\/a>&nbsp;police command, Asinim Butswat, said in a statement the octogenarian was freed by his abductors at about 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday in the Otuokpoti community, Ogbia local government area of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said one \u201cCommander\u201d Mummy Reuben had been arrested in connection with the man\u2019s abduction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Napoleon Alale, the abducted 80-year-old father of the chairman of the Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa State, has been freed by his kidnappers. 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