The twenty-nine abducted Zamfara wedding guests have regained their freedom after twelve days in captivity, a source has revealed yesterday.
According to the source, they were released by their captors after payment of twenty million naira cash as ransom
The bandits had earlier promised not to release them individually.
The Secretary of an association to which the victims belonged in Zamfara State, Ashiru Zurmi, who confirmed their release, said, “Our members have regained their freedom today, I can confirm to you. They are currently on their way to Gusau”.
He, however, did not disclose whether the union or families of the victims paid any ransom for their release. “I can only tell you now that they have been released”, he only added.
Recall that the victims, who are smartphones and accessories dealers at a popular Bebeji Plaza in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital, were abducted while returning from a wedding in Sokoto State on June 11, in Dogon Awo, a community between Tureta and Bakura, which is located on the borders of Sokoto and Zamfara States.
The bandits had earlier demanded the sum of N145million as ransom to secure the release of the 29 victims.
The source said the kidnap victims were picked by some members of the union in a deep forest around Sokoto State and are currently receiving medical attention in an undisclosed Hospital in Talatan-Mafara local government area.
The victims are expected to be reunited with their families soon as they are discharged from the hospital.
