‘Kidnappers still holding Taraba lawyer after collecting N5m ransom’
Barrister Hassan Sabana who spoke to Daily Trust in a telephone interview said N5million was raised by the family and given to the abductors as ransom for the release of the senior lawyer but to their dismay the kidnappers refused to release him.He said the senior lawyer was abducted with his driver along Wukari – Takum road in April and after series of negotiation between the family of Barrister Yabura, the amount demanded by the abductors was reduced from N15million to N5million.
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