BEVERLY HILLS, February 15, (THEWILL) – The Kidnapped female reporter of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Mrs. Chidiebere Onyia, this afternoon regained her freedom.
Mrs. Onyia was released from captivity by her abductors today around noon, according to reports by her coworkers.
Although not clear whether the family paid any ransom, her husband reportedly informed some of her colleagues in NTA that his wife had been set free.
Though the police were yet to confirm the development, Mrs. Onyia’s colleague, who spoke in confidence, confirmed it.
She said: “She was set free by 12noon on Sunday. We are happy that she was released unhurt.”
Onyia, a mother of three, was abducted by her assailants on February 9 while returning from her office.
Onyia was said to be conveying some of her colleagues in her private car to their destinations at about 6.30pm when the hoodlums blocked her vehicle at Woji area of Port Harcourt, isolated her and zoomed off.
Sources said the hoodlums fired into the air, forcing people to scamper in different directions, before seizing their victim.
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