The Nasarawa State Police Command on Wednesday mentioned 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 together with one other man, Adamu Umar, on New Yr's Day at Ningo village on Andaha-Akwanga Street.
PUNCH On-line had additionally reported the discharge of the kidnapped chairman.
Whereas responding to a textual content message asking if a ransom had really been paid, the PPRO mentioned: “No ransom has been paid. The sufferer and the particular person contacted by the abductors confirmed to us that not a cent had been paid.
“They have been launched at round 8.40pm (Tuesday) because of the sustained stress exerted on them by our officers deployed of their path.”
PUNCH On-line earlier reported that the abductors demanded the sum of N50 million as ransom for his or her launch.
PUNCH On-line additionally reported that the PPRO mentioned the state Commissioner of Police, Umar Nadada, mobilized personnel to go after the hoodlums and rescue the chairman and one other one who had been kidnapped.
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