March 10, 2025

Mr Akari Loveday, Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to the Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has been rescued from his abductors by the Nigerian Army troops.

Loveday was rescued on Sunday by troops of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with the Nigeria Navy, the Department of State Services (DSS), and the Police.

In a statement on Monday by the Force PRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, “on March 7, 2025, at approximately 3:03pm, a distress call was received reporting the kidnap of Mr. Loveday Akari, SA to the MD of NDDC, at Ayakoro Community in Ogbia LGA, Bayelsa State.

In a swift and decisive response, control measures were immediately activated to restrict the movement of the perpetrators.

The Police noted that a combined rescue operation was launched, resulting in the safe rescue of Mr. Akari and another individual, both unharmed and without any ransom payment, due to the sustained pressure exerted by the Police, with support from other security operatives.