article_snippet: In a statement on the church website, Bishop David Kendall said Phyllis Sortor Phyllis Sortor was released Friday evening, Nigeria time, 'into the care of authorities and Free Methodist Church leaders'.
article_snippet: Armed men abducted Phyllis Sortor on February 23 from the Hope Academy compound in Emiworo, Kogi state.
article_snippet: Phyllis Sortor, 71, was abducted on February 23 from a Christian school in Nigeria.
article_snippet: Phyllis Sortor was released on Friday and is safe .
highlights_snippet: Free Methodist Church USA announced Phyllis Sortor was released on Friday .
  