The Edo state House of Assembly candidate for Owan West Constituency, Mike Ohio-Ezomo, who was abducted on January 23, has been released.
Ohio-Ezomo was reportedly kidnapped at his Sabonginda Ora residence when some gunmen swooped on him, and killed is police orderly.
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Information from his family indicates he was released after payment of ransom. The abductors were said to have freed him last Saturday night to his family members at a village near Owo in Ondo State.
The Deputy Governor of the State, Comrade Phillip Shaibu , had during a meeting of APC leaders from Edo North on Saturday, assured them of Ohio-Ozomo’s released before Saturday, March 9 for the House of Assembly polls.