The septuagenarian, who was also Mr.
Jonathan’s foster father, was abducted by about 10 gunmen at his home in Otuoke
on February 23.
He said the armed men tied his
wrists, blind folded him and tortured him in order to make him convince the
President and other family members to pay up the ransom demanded.
“I thank God for keeping me alive. I
was made to sleep on the bare floor and fed with garri and red oil for three
weeks in the bush. I was tortured and beaten with guns and kicked. When I was
young, there was no such thing as kidnapping; I don’t know why it must be me,”
Mr. Nitabai said.
The Bayelsa State Police
Commissioner, Hilary Opara, while presenting Mr. Nitabai to journalists, said
the anti-kidnapping squad of the command led by one Chris Nwogwu secured the
release of the president’s uncle.
According to the Police
Commissioner, the gunmen abandoned their victim at Ogboma, off Odioma in Brass
Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Mr. Nitabai was later found by the squad and
brought to the state police command in Yenagoa for debriefing.
Mr. Opara said the police applied
utmost professionalism in the way they carried out the operation that led to
Mr. Nitabai’s freedom. He said no ransom was paid to the kidnappers and arrests
would be made.
He thanked the family of the victim
for cooperating with and believing in the police. He disclosed that Mr.
Nitabai’s family, especially his wife, was in touch with the police throughout
the period and heeded advice from the police that no ransom should be paid to
the kidnappers.
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