Bandits release former Nasarawa deputy governor after collecting N4m ransom
Professor Onje Gye-Wado, the former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State kidnapped last Thursday night, has been freed after N4 million ransom was paid.
Neptune Prime reports that the Professor of Law was kidnapped in his country home, Rinza, near Wamba, the headquarters of Wamba local government area in Nasarawa State.
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His kidnappers placed a ransom of N70 million but the family bargained from N2m to N3.5m and finally negotiated close to N4m before he was released.
“They collected the ransom near Mada Hills Secondary School in Akwanga with an N200 recharge card. Then he was released near Angwan Chiyawa close to those hills between Akwanga and Nasarawa Eggon,” a family source said.
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It was gathered that Gye-Wado was taken back to the palace of the paramount ruler of Wamba, Oriye Rindre, Justice Lawal Musa Nagogo after his release.
A former National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Chairman and ex-Commissioner of information, Mr Dogo Shammah also confirmed the release of Prof. Gye-Wado.
He said, “To God be the Glory, Prof. Onje has finally been released from the hands of kidnappers just now.”
