Pete Edochie's son, Uche Edochie, confirmed that his father was travelling by car with family members this past weekend when armed robbers stopped them at Nkpor Village in Onitsha and kidnapped him.  "Our family is still in shock, and making attempts to contact the police; there is no handbook on what to do when your fathers is kidnapped," he said over the telephone in an interview with Leadership.

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Update on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 8:24AM by Naijafeed

Peter Edochie has been released by his captors after an undisclosed amount of ransom money was paid according to his son Uche Edochie.

The Nollywood actors was held for about 24 hours by his kidnappers.