The Dean of the Anglican Communion in Nigeria, Archbishop Ignatius Kattey, who regained his freedom after eight days in captivity, has said the Rivers State Police Command lied for claiming that they rescued him from his captors.
Kattey and his wife Beatrice were abducted on September 6 at Aleto, Eleme on their way to Port Harcourt.
But his wife was later released that same night by the abductors who fled with the clergyman.
Angela Agabe, the Police Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state shortly after the release of the Archbishop announced on Saturday evening that it was the police that rescued him.
But at a Press conference in his private residence at Agbon-Nchia, Eleme, Rivers State, on Wednesday, Kattey said that his kidnappers rescued him on their own accord and attributed it to divine intervention because he knew people all over the world were praying for him to be freed.
Kattey said, "Police did not rescue me, they did not rescue my wife. I saw the police the first time two days ago, the police public relations officer lied. "
He added that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu, had apologized to him for the lies police told about his rescue.
However, he acknowledged that there were efforts by security agencies to secure his release as he counted up to 500 times helicopters hovered over the forest area where he was kept by his abductors but could not see him.
He explained that it would have been very difficult for the search team to find him as he was kept in a very thick forest and laid down most of the time while in the custody of the abductors.
