Chief Gbalipre Turner
By Victory Useh, Yenogoa
Chief Gbalipre Turner, the father of the Ogbia Local Government Council chairman in Bayelsa State has been released by his captors
The septuagenarian was kidnapped three weeks ago at his residence on Samphino Road, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.
A statement by SP Asinim Butswat, the state Police Public Relations Officer, said the victim was released on October 1, 2021 at Oluasiri, Bassambiri in the Nembe local council of the state.
Butswat added that the aged man was hale and hearty and had been reunited with his family.
According to him, the perpetrators have been identified and efforts were ongoing to arrest them so that they will face the law.
He said, “The suspects have been identified and efforts are ongoing to apprehend them.
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