Boma Achenimie 
The abducted parish priest of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Isokpo, in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Rev. Maurice Livinus, and two other victims whose names were withheld, have been released.
Sunday Telegraph had earlier reported that the Catholic priest was kidnapped together with two other people while returning from a hospital visitation along the Elele-Isiokpo route in Ikwere LGA of the state.
It was further gathered that the priest and the two other kidnapped individuals were released following pressure from a security team consisting of police officers, JTF Isokpo troops, and local vigilantes.
The development was confirmed in a statement released on Sunday by the public relations officer for the Rivers State Police Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko.
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Koko stated that while efforts were being made to apprehend the perpetrators, the victims had been returned to their families for medical care.
