Police lied, we paid N5.5m for our children release – Families of kidnapped ABU students
The police was reported on Wednesday to have claimed that the abducted students were released due to intensive pressure by police operatives.
However family members of the abducted students said they paid ransom to secure the release of their loved ones. But the Kaduna State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo stated that his Wednesday statement was outrightly misquoted. DSP Sabo reposted his statement where he had said: “I also want to inform you that the three ABU students involved in the incident of 26th August 2019 along Kaduna Abuja Road have been released today and they were reunited with their families accordingly.Trouble actually started when an aide of the President, Bashir Ahmed, announced on Twitter: “The Kaduna State police command has rescued three students of Ahmadu Bello University, ABU Zaria abducted on Monday along Abuja-Kaduna Highway”.
Ango, in his reply to the tweet, said: “Lies! It took us 48 long hours of negotiations with the kidnappers to secure the release of our sister to us, NOT the police.However family sources of the three students, some of whose parents are based in Minna, Niger State and Abuja respectively, said N5.5 million was jointly contributed and paid as ransom.
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