Police Public Relations Officer in the State, SP Orlando Ikeokwu, also confirmed the release.
Onyeocha, who is a professor of Philosophy at the Imo State University, Owerri, is a priest in the congregation of Claretian Missionaries.
He was kidnapped on Saturday evening along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Express Road at Ihube community in Okigwe council area of the state, when he was returning from Enugu to Owerri, by a group of persons suspected to be herdsmen.
Fr Iwuagwu disclosed that Fr Onyeocha was dropped off at the Ihube Community in Okigwe council area of the state in the early hours of Monday.