The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the release of the Spaniard, Dr Joe Machimbarrena, a medical doctor working with Niger Foundation Hospital in Enugu, after almost three weeks in captivity.
He was abandoned in a place called Thinkers Corner in the state by his abductors, according to the police.
In a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, the command’s spokesman, Mr Ebere Amaraizu said that Machimbarrena looked hale and hearty where he had been abandoned, around 9.30 pm on Friday.
According to the statement, the police have intensified their manhunt for the abductors
NAN recalls that Machimbarrena was kidnapped from his home at Independence Layout, Enugu on April 4.?