{"id":1087,"date":"2023-11-08T15:02:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T15:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/abramovich-wanted-to-send-people-after-my-dads-kidnappers-mikel-obi-reveals\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T15:02:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T15:02:15","slug":"abramovich-wanted-to-send-people-after-my-dads-kidnappers-mikel-obi-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/abramovich-wanted-to-send-people-after-my-dads-kidnappers-mikel-obi-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Abramovich wanted to send people after my dad\u2019s kidnappers \u2013 Mikel Obi reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi, has revealed that former Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, wanted to help save his father from kidnappers in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mikel Obi, Abramovich offered to send people to Nigeria, to help free his dad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad got kidnapped while I was playing at the World Cup 2018 in Russia, Chelsea were very supportive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember Roman Abramovich saying, do you want me to send people over? Because I know if I send people over, I can get your dad out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, how are you going to do this? He said don\u2019t worry about that. 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