Ex-International, Christian Obodo was kidnapped on Sunday by unknown gunmen in Delta state, The Heritage Times Learnt.
Speaking in the wake of his abduction, Delta State Police spokesman, Onome Onowakpoyeya said, the 36-year-old was stopped by unknown gunmen on Sunday, in the southern city of Warri.
“The police are on some intelligence lead towards his rescue,” Onowakpoyeya said, but “no contacts have been made with the abductors”.
Obodo was abducted in the same area in 2012, and rescued a day later in a police raid. Abductors had placed a ransom of about $188,000 (149,000 euros).
Christian Obodo, spent over a decade in Seria A, including spells with Fiorentina, Udinese, Torino and Leece. He was a regular in the Nigeria team between 2003 and 2008.
