House, cars, other valuables sold to pay ₦10m ransom, kidnappers demand for additional ₦60m ransom for release of couple The abductors of a retired civil servant, Malam Yakubu Dada and his wife, have refused to release them after payment of N10m ransom. The couple was kidnapped along Kontagora-Tegina road in Niger State in October, 2024. According to a journalist with Daily Trust, Akote Sadeeq Abubakar, Dada's family sold his house, car, and household items to raise the N10m they paid to the kidnappers. However, the kidnappers demanded an additional N60m ransom and...