Nigeria: Kidnapped Ibadan Cleric Regains Freedom

17 November 2016

A cleric, Rev. Biodun Ogunbekun, who was kidnapped on his farm at Kufi on the Olorunda-Aba road in Ibadan on Thursday, has regained freedom after five days in the kidnappers' den.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ogunbekun, a cleric with the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Akobo-Ojurin Diocese of Agodi, Ibadan, was kidnapped by five unknown gunmen.

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