Sir Samuel Ogbuku, MD, NDDC
By Eric Moore
TROOPS of 6 Division, Nigerian Army have successfully rescued Mr. Akari Eloghanan Loveday, the Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Samuel Ogbuku.
Ogbuku’s aide was kidnapped on March 7, 2025, along Ayakoro community waterways in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
Acting on credible intelligence, troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, swiftly moved into the creeks, waterways and rivulets in severe comprehensive search and combed all the nooks and crannies of the forest.
However, the operations led to the rescue of Mr. Akari Loveday.
According to the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, the operational was achieved through a painstaking operations conducted by the troops of 16 Brigade, of the Nigerian Army in synergy with the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS SOROH, the Department of the State Service (DSS) and the Police.
During the operations the security agencies blocked every exit point forcing the kidnappers to abandon their victim and fled into the forest.
Mr Akari Loveday has since been reunited with his family, MD, NDDC Samuel Ogbuku, leaders of Ayakoro community and well wishers even as troops continue manhunt for the men of the underworld.
Meanwhile,the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Eric Emekah, has commended the troops for a successful rescue mission and charged them to hunt down the fleeing kidnappers to free the waterways of criminal elements.