President of the Ijaw Youths Council worldwide, Peter Igbifa, has been set free.
Igbifa was reportedly kidnapped by armed men on the Port Harcourt International Road in Rivers State.
He was said to be going to take a flight to Abuja for a meeting.
An aide to the Bayelsa State Governor and Director, New Media, Kola Oredipe confirmed his release.
Oredipe said Igbiga was dropped off in a community in Bayelsa by his kidnappers and rescued by the police afterwards.
He said that he was taken to Governor Douye Diri subsequently.
Oredipe said: “He was dropped off in one of the communities in Bayelsa. Thereafter, the police rescued him. He was taken to the Governor. So he is in Yenagoa for now.”
There had been widespread unrest among youths in the Niger Delta since the news of his abduction near Port Harcourt about 48-hours ago.
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