Abducted Nasarawa State student regains freedom from kidnappers after ransom payment

Abducted Nasarawa State student regains freedom from kidnappers after ransom payment

Taye Ajoke, a national diploma student at the Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic in Lafia, Nasarawa State, who was kidnapped on Monday, has been rescued from her captors.

The young student was released earlier today, putting an end to the harrowing ordeal she endured since her abduction on Monday.

According to reports, Ajoke was released by her abductors after a ransom of N300,000 was paid.

Armed men, who fired shots, had attacked her residence, Ombi 1, which is located two kilometres from the polytechnic, leaving two other students and an admission seeker with bullet wounds.

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Ekom Ayaka, the President of the Student Union Government of the polytechnic, disclosed on Thursday that Ajoke’s kidnappers had initially demanded a ransom of N50 million. However, they later reduced the amount to N500,000 when they realized that they could not receive the earlier request.

Ayaka added that after appealing to the kidnappers for a further reduction of the ransom, they agreed to release Ajoke in exchange for N300,000.

He said: “We are grateful to God that Ajoke has been released by the bandits. She was released around 7 pm on Wednesday after a ransom of N300,000 was paid”

He further said “The kidnappers first wanted N50million but they later reduced the money to N500,000 when they understood that her family and friends will not be able to get such an amount.

“But after much appeal to them (kidnappers), they told her family to pay the sum of N300,000 that was in their possession. That was how she was released from captivity.”