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Abducted Rivers United Head Coach, Stanley Eguma, regains freedom

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Stanley Eguma Rivers United abduction freedom



General Manager of Rivers United Football Club, Port Harcourt, Chief Okey Kpalukwu, on Friday confirmed that the head coach of the club, Stanley Eguma, has been released by his abductors.

WUZUPNIGERIA reported Eguma’s kidnap along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway at 4.00 pm on Tuesday, June 15, while returning from Gombe to Port Harcourt, after a Nigeria Professional Football League game.

Eguma was kidnapped along Enugu road with two of his personal assistants on his way back from a local game against Adamawa United at the Ribadu Square Stadium, Yola.

The Port Harcourt-based side lost the match 2-0.

Kpalukwu confirmed the release of Eguma in a post on the club’s WhatsApp platform.

“We are grateful to God for His mercy. Our Technical Manager, Stanley Eguma, has been released by his abductors.
Our God is gracious,” he posted.

Details of Eguma’s release from his abductors were not disclosed in the post.

The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State, Mr Mohammed Aliyu, had earlier ordered the immediate rescue of Eguma from his abductors.

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