Nasarawa council boss regains freedom after ransom payment

The kidnapped chairman of Akwanga Local Government Council in Nasarawa State, Safiyanu Isah Andaha, has regained freedom.

Safiyanu was released at about 9:00 pm on Tuesday alongside his friend, Adamu Custom, and two others who were kidnapped along the Akwanga-Andaha road on Monday night, after paying 10 million naira as ransom, a family member disclosed.

A family member who pleaded anonymity disclosed that they were freed by the abductors behind an obsolete filling station on Bayan Dutse road, an outskirt of Andaha town.

“They were released around 9pm behind Maigwona filling station at Bayan dutse road and the sum of 10 million naira was paid as ransom,” he said.

The source further said the released chairman told somebody that the kidnappers were Fulani, “small small boys turning them around bush parts.”

The victims have since been taken to the Federal Medical Center in Keffi for medical checks.