ALMOST 6 MONTHS IN CAPTIVITY, IRC AID WORKER REGAINS FREEDOM
Kayode Biodun
A staff of the international rescue Committee (IRC) Mohammed Alkali Imam
who was abducted by Boko Haram on the10th of March this year has been freed by his captors.
This was confirmed by the acting secretary of the Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ), Ali Chiroma who said he was still being debriefed by security operatives who took him to safe custody since yesterday.
“Apart from the normal fatigue due to long stay of abductees in the Savannah he looked healthy and would soon be allowed to join his family.” Said Chiroma this afternoon.
Mohammed Imam was abducted by Boko Haram in Monguno in the dead of night in March when the insurgents disguised to beat security, stormed his residence and took him away into the dead ends of the Savannah.
While in the captivity of the insurgents, heavy pressure was mounted on the government and his employers the ICR to get Imam a former practicing Journalist to be released while heavy negotiations with the Boko Haram went on.
The entire humanitarian community and his former colleagues in the Nigerian Television Authority NTA have welcome the development which has gingered the mood of the entire state.
Several humanitarian workers have died in the cause of road ambushes or during captivity since the beginning of the 13 year old war in North East Nigeria.
The humanitarian community was yet to react to this development as at the time of filling this report.
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