The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has accused Mr Ebikeme Clark, the son of Chief E.K Clark, of orchestrating his own kidnapping in order to defraud the state government.
According to the group, in a statement signed by its spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, it "was actually a clever orchestrated fraud masterminded by Ebikeme who stage-managed his own abduction."
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