The Nasarawa State Police Command, on Wednesday, stated no ransom was paid for the discharge of the kidnapped chairman of Akwanga Native Authorities Space, Safiyanu Andaha, on Tuesday.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in an interview with PUNCH On-line.
PUNCH On-line earlier reported that sources knowledgeable our correspondent that gunmen kidnapped him alongside one different male, Adamu Umar on New 12 months’s Day at Ningo village alongside Andaha-Akwanga Highway.
PUNCH On-line had additionally reported the discharge of the kidnapped chairman.
Whereas responding to a textual content if actually a ransom was paid, the PPRO stated, “No ransom was paid. The sufferer and the individual the abductors contacted confirmed to us that no dime was paid.
“They have been launched at about 8.40pm (Tuesday) attributable to sustained strain mounted on them by our operatives deployed on their path.”
PUNCH On-line earlier reported that the abductors demanded the sum of N50m as a ransom for his or her launch.
PUNCH On-line additionally reported that the PPRO stated the state Commissioner of Police, Umar Nadada, had mobilised personnel to go after the hoodlums and rescue the chairman and one different one that have been kidnapped.
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