Archbishop Ignatius Kattey, an
Anglican top cleric who was kidnapped more than week ago was released without a
ransom (as claimed) on Saturday evening
near the southern city of Port Harcourt, police said. He was in a stable
condition.
Archbishop Kattey is the head
of the Anglican Church in the predominantly Christian Niger Delta.
The
cleric and his wife Beatrice were seized close to their Port Harcourt residence
on 6 September. His wife was released unharmed several hours later.
"The
archbishop was released behind a filling station at Eleme in Rivers
state," police spokeswoman Angela Agabe said in a statement.
"His
captors dropped him when the police were about to close in on them. No ransom
was paid."
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