INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
John Mikel Obi's father has been kidnapped once before, in the central city of Jos in 2011.Abuja, Nigeria: The father of Nigerian World Cup
skipper John Mikel Obi who was kidnapped last week has been freed, police said Tuesday."Michael Obi, the father of the (Super) Eagles
captain, has regained his freedom," the spokesman for Enugu state police in southeast Nigeria, Ebere Amaraizu, said late Monday.Amaraizu
said the senior Obi's captors did not hurt him after seizing him at gunpoint last Thursday evening in Enugu, but they forced him to walk for
about five kilometres (three miles) barefoot in heavy rain.He said the Eagles skipper paid a ransom of 10 million naira (about $28,000) to
obtain the release of his father, who is in his sixties.No arrest has been made but police are on the trail of the abductors, he said.Obi
senior has been kidnapped once before, in the central city of Jos in 2011.Kidnapping of prominent and rich people and their families is
common in southern Nigeria
The victims are usually released unhurt after a ransom is paid.
