LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s federal police say the kidnapped father of Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has been found unharmed in northern Nigeria.
Police spokesman Olusola Amore told The Associated Press that detectives found Michael Obi on Monday in the northern city of Kano. Amore said police arrested those suspected in the kidnapping.
Michael Obi was kidnapped on Aug. 12 while on his way home from work in the central Nigerian city of Jos.
Kidnappings for ransom regularly occur in Nigeria, though typically in its east and oil-rich southern delta.
