A N4 million ransom has been paid to release Prof Onje Gye-Wado, a former deputy governor of Nasarawa State who was abducted by kidnappers last Thursday night.
The law professor was abducted in his rural Rinza residence, which is close to Wamba, the seat of the Wamba local government district.
His captors demanded a ransom of N70 million, but his family bartered for close to N4 million before agreeing to pay the demanded sum.
“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.
He said: “To God be the Glory Prof. Onje, is finally release from the hands of kidnappers just now.”
