Nigeria: Army Releases 63 Suspected Kidnappers of Kamene Okonjo

19 December 2012

Sixty-three suspects arrested at Ozanogogo, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, in connection with the abduction of Prof. Kamene Okonjo, Queen of Ogwashi-Uku and mother of Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, by men of the 4th Mechanised Brigade of the Nigeria Army, Benin City were Tuesday released.

The suspects who had been in the custody of the army since their arrest, were seen this morning at the premises of the army barracks, preparing to go home.

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