Chief Inengite Nitabai, President Goodluck Jonathan’s uncle and adopted father, has been rescued by the police after 18 days in the kidnappers’ den. However, Nitabai, whose abduction had occupied media space, has sour tales to tell. Narrating his ordeal in the hands of his captors, Nitabai, a former university lecturer, said his abductors fed him with garri and oil for the 18 days he was held captive.
He also said he was blindfolded throughout the period. He said he was almost submerged in a swamp while the kidnappers were moving him from one spot to another because he was blindfolded. The already emanciated man, said, “My ordeal in the hands of my captors was simply horrendous.