{"id":179648,"date":"2025-09-20T21:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/it-wasnt-a-funny-experience-gov-alias-aide-atu-terver-speaks-after-abuja-kidnap-ordeal"},"modified":"2025-09-20T21:06:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:06:00","slug":"it-wasnt-a-funny-experience-gov-alias-aide-atu-terver-speaks-after-abuja-kidnap-ordeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/it-wasnt-a-funny-experience-gov-alias-aide-atu-terver-speaks-after-abuja-kidnap-ordeal","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a funny experience\u201d \u2014 Gov Alia\u2019s aide, Atu Terver speaks after Abuja kidnap ordeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Special Assistant to Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia on Media Mobilization, Atu Terver, has expressed gratitude to family, friends and well-wishers following his abduction in Abuja and safe return.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST recalls that Terver was kidnapped on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, and was found alive on Friday, 19 September 2025, after two days in captivity.<\/p>\n<p>In a message posted on Saturday morning, Terver recounted the trauma he faced during the ordeal and thanked everyone who prayed and advocated for his release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a funny experience,\u201d he wrote, describing the \u201ctraumatizing thoughts of what will happen to me and what becomes of my family if the worst happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After regaining freedom, Terver said he was taken to St. Christine\u2019s Hospital, Abuja, where doctors carried out a thorough examination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no serious injury after the doctor\u2019s examination,\u201d he noted, adding that he took prescribed medication, followed medical advice to rest, and now feels \u201cmuch better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged the flood of messages and calls of concern from \u201cwell-meaning brothers and sisters,\u201d and said he would give a full account of the incident during a live session hosted by activist Ukan Kurugh at 9 a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod is really wonderful and this has convinced me more that He still comes through for His children,\u201d Terver stated.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not yet released further details about the circumstances of his abduction or those responsible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Special Assistant to Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia on Media Mobilization, Atu Terver, has expressed gratitude to family, friends and well-wishers following his abduction in Abuja and safe return. DAILY POST recalls that Terver was kidnapped on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, and was found alive on Friday, 19 September 2025, after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":179647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[1570,2140,254],"class_list":["post-179648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a funny experience\u201d \u2014 Gov Alia\u2019s aide, Atu Terver speaks after Abuja kidnap ordeal - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/it-wasnt-a-funny-experience-gov-alias-aide-atu-terver-speaks-after-abuja-kidnap-ordeal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a funny experience\u201d \u2014 Gov Alia\u2019s aide, Atu Terver speaks after Abuja kidnap ordeal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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