The Governorship Candidate of the National Rescue Movement, NRM, for the 2023 elections in Rivers State and ex-Niger Delta militant leader. Sobomabo Jackrich, aka Egberipapa, has regained his freedom.
Jackrich was released Wednesday evening and has met some of his loyalists and allies in Port Harcourt.
Although reason for his arrest and release has been disclosed but, the Head Chief of Ike Group of Houses is said to be in worries over the development.
A source, who is one of his aides, but preferred anonymity, said: “He was released this evening, (Wednesday) but he does not want to talk to anybody because he is consulting with his people.
“But at the moment, the Army is denying that they are not the ones who carried out the action. So the matter is sensitive now. “
Meanwhile, the Elder in the Compound Council of Chiefs of Ike Group of Houses, Chief Seliye Jackrich said they have got the new of Sobomabo’s release, but that they are yet to see him at press time.
He said: “As a family we have just heard this night that he has been released, but we have not seen him and he as not called anybody to say that he has been released. We only heard on the radio that he has has been released. We cannot confirm his release.”
@Vanguard