My Kidnappers Gave Me N200, Nigeria PoliceDidn't Rescue Me ––Bishop Kattey

Archbishop of Niger Delta Province of the
Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Ignatius
Kattey, has accused the Nigeria Police of lying
over their claim that they secured his release
from the dare-devil kidnappers who had
abducted him penultimate Friday.Briefing newsmen to share his 9 days
experience in the den of kidnappers, Rev.
Kattey thanked the Police for their efforts,
but said that they were not the ones who
rescued him.


“The Police did not rescue me, neither were
they the ones who rescued my wife,
Beatrice . I saw the Police for the first time
two days ago, after the incident. I heard
the statements made by the Rivers State
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO. The
police are telling lies. If you cannot trust
the Police, then who can you trust? I told
the Commissioner of Police and he has
apologised.

“I know that they made efforts but they did
not rescue us. A helicopter flew over the area
more than 500 times, but the boys
(kidnappers) were smarter. They held me in a
thick forest and no one could see me there.

“On the day of my release (September 14), the
kidnappers moved me and we trekked a
number of kilometres till we got to a road.
Then they gave me N200 and ordered me to
walk towards a direction where I would get a
bike . We thank God for His mercies because I
wouldn’t even wish my enemy to go through
that experience,” he said

Kattey, who is Dean of the Nigerian Anglican
Communion, also said that he was not aware if
any ransom was collected over his release,
explaining that he was not tortured by his
abductors.

He added that: “From my experience, the
abductors are hungry and in dire need of
means of livelihood.

Some are adequately
educated but lack the enabling environment to
positively express themselves. If government
will give the people potable water, light and
good roads, they will change.”