JUST IN: After 2-Week Ordeal, Abducted Ex-NBA President Finally Regains Freedom

• The abducted ex-NBA president has regained his freedom.

• Okey Wali was released in the early hours of Monday after spending two weeks in Kidnapper’s den.

• The NBA chairman, Port Harcourt Branch, Viktor Benibo, confirmed Wali’s release to journalists.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Okey Wali, who was kidnapped, has been freed after being held captive for two weeks.

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Wali, a prominent Senior Advocate of Nigeria, was abducted by armed men disguised as military personnel in the Obiri-Kwere area of the East-West Road in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, two weeks ago on a Monday.

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The NBA chairman, Port Harcourt Branch, Viktor Benibo, confirmed Wali’s release, saying, “He is in his house. He was released in the early hours of today.”

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