Nigerian Police Lied About Rescuing the Udinese soccer star, The Village Vigilante Claimed

Christian Obodo

The local vigilante member of the community where the Udinese soccer star, Christian Obodo was rescued has claimed responsibility of the rescue process and not the Nigerian police. Earlier, the Nigeria police
had claimed responsibility and credit of rescuing the football soccer star (READ THE HEADLINE HERE). The vigilante group said the football star who was earlier in the day hidden in a nearby forest but was moved to a local food vendor for dinner by his kidnappers. He said, that Mr. Obodo acted quickly and sneaked out of the place before he screamed on top of his voice for help which led some good villagers to alert the Community vigilante who swiftly came to his rescue. Though, the Vigilante group said they later called the Police in Emevor, Warri who came and took Obodo away, they decried the heroism the police command ascribed to itself. Some residents interviewed said they were in their houses when they heard someone calling for help, and they quickly responded and only to discover that it was Obodo. 

"We just finished watching a football match, and were about to go to bed. All of a sudden, we heard a voice screaming 'I am Christian Obodo, I was kidnapped, please come and help me'. We immediately rushed to the scene and quickly contacted the community vigilante who came to save the situation before the kidnappers could reinforce and come after him.”

The Nigerian police had claimed they made five arrests in the community (READ THE HEADLINE HERE).