The Lagos state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Philip Aivoji, who was abducted by unknown gunmen along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway last week has regained his freedom.

Aivoji was released four days after he was abducted on Thursday. The politician and some other party chieftains were abducted at the Ogere area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday, January 25 while returning from the party’s Stakeholders’ Zonal Caucus meeting convened by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and held in Ibadan, the state capital.

His release was disclosed by the Ogun state police command. In a statement released, the command said Aivoji was released in the early hours of today January 29 and has been reunited with his family.