He was held hostage for 24 hours after being taken in Effurun, near the oil city of Warri in the southern delta.
"It was scary. One minute I was seized when parking my car, three hours later they removed the blindfold and I found myself in the forest," said Obodo, 28.
"It was dark and I couldn't see anything. They sat me down and told me to ask my family for a ransom, so that nothing bad would happen to me."
The kidnappers later issued a ransom demand for nearly US$200,000.
Christian Obodo“I gathered that someone close to me set everything up - my car, my movements, the church location and the time to get me”
"I told them it was impossible for my family to get that huge amount on a weekend and added that they've kidnapped the same person that could pay them - Chris Obodo," he told BBC Sport.
They contacted my family and made that huge demand. Unfortunately for them, the news was everywhere and that unsettled them."
The Udinese player revealed dramatic details of his seizure at gunpoint by unidentified men, which was followed by a dash through remote areas of the delta region.
But the day after he was taken, police officers tracked his alleged abductors to Isoko, just outside Warri, where they found Obodo and arrested some suspects.
Obodo said police closed in on Sunday as they tracked mobile phones and his abductors could be heard discussing how to quickly pick up the ransom.
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