07:24 18/06/2015
Lokoja - Reverend Phyllis Sortor, the 86-year old American woman
missionary kidnapped in Emi Woro in Kogi State on February 25 and late
released by the abductors, has returned to Nigeria.
Sortor, who
was seen at Government House in Lokoja on Wednesday, told newsmen that
she returned to Nigeria to complete her missionary work as ordained by
God.
She said she was happy to be back in Emi Woro where she was kidnapped by six masked gunmen who kept her for twelve days.
She said Emi Woro had become a part and parcel of her life, describing the people as her people and friends.
Phyllis
thanked the villagers for their concern during her ordeal in the hands
of her captors, saying that they had been of great help to her in the
missionary work.
Sortor, of Free Methodists, was kidnapped from her school, Hope Academy, which also houses a branch of her church.
She
expressed gratitude to God for her safe rescue from her abductors and
was full of praises for the State Government for being a part of the
efforts that led to her release.
Deputy Governor Yomi Awoniyi said the government was relieved and happy by her decision to come back to Nigeria.
Awoniyi
described her as a woman of courage and great tenacity, saying that her
action had put those behind her abduction to shame.
He pledged
government’s further assistance to her school and cattle grazing
projects, saying that government will take adequate security measures
around her and the projects.
Sortor was accompanied on the visit by two community leaders from Emi Woro, Alhaji Dauda Abdullahi and Mr Mugode Bature.
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