Nasarawa’s Ex-Deputy Gov Freed After N4m Ransom Payment

• Former Nasarawa Deputy Governor has been released from captivity following payment of N4m ransom.

• Professor Onje was kidnapped in his home town, Rinza, on Thursday.

• The kidnappers had demanded N70m ransom but the family bargained from N2m to N3.5m and finally negotiated close to N4m before he was released.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Onje Gye-Wado, a former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State who was abducted on Thursday night, has been released following the payment of a ransom of N4 million.

The esteemed Law Professor was abducted from his residence in Rinza, a town located near Wamba, which serves as the headquarters of Wamba Local Government Area.

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His kidnappers placed a ransom of N70m 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 N200 recharge card. Then he was released near Angwan chiyawa close to those hills between Akwanga and Nasarawa Eggon,” a family source said.

It was gathered 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, confirmed the release of Prof Gye-Wado.

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He said: “To God be the Glory Prof. Onje, is finally released from the hands of kidnappers just now.”

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