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The police in Edo on Wednesday rescued Godwin Aigbogun, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Aigbogun is the party chairman in ward 9 Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo.
A statement by Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu confirmed his release.
The politician was kidnapped on Wednesday on his way back from a farm in Ologbo-unu.
Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro directed operatives of the crack team and the Anti-Kidnap and Cyber Crime Unit to free him.
Iwegbu said the kidnappers, noticing they were being trailed, “succumbed to pressure and abandoned their victim unhurt and escaped into the bushâ€
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