Kidnappers have reported released the Chief Medical Director of the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Dr Sylvanus Okogbenin, the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Danmallam Mohammed, has said.

Mohammed said the CMD was released unharmed.

WuzupNigeria reports that Okogbenin was abducted on Monday, August 26th, 2019 along Ramat Park, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state while he was returning to Benin city, the state capital.

Two police officers attached to Okogbeni were killed during the attack.

Two other persons in the convoy were shot in the leg.