Bandits have set free the son of the Village Head of Tekpeshe in Gurdi Ward of Abaji Area Council in the FCT, Ibrahim Sarki, after his family bought a solar panel, drugs and foodstuff worth N436,700 for them.
It will e recalled that the bandits abducted a former councillor, Mohammed Ibrahim Tanko, and 16 others, including the village head’s son after invading Tekpeshe on September 9, 2022.
The bandits later released the ex- councillor and the 16 others, held back the chief’s son and demanded N8m for his freedom.
WITHIN NIGERIA had reported that after weeks in captivity, the bandits last week threatened to indoctrinate the chief’s son if his family failed to raise the N8m.
According to Daily Trust, the Waziri of Tekpeshe, Ibrahim Tanko, who confirmed the release of the chief’s son through telephone on Wednesday, said he was released on Tuesday at about 9pm at a forest in neigbouring Zago village in Niger State.
He said after several pleadings, the bandits asked his family to buy a solar panel, drugs and foodstuff for them before the victim would be released.
He explained that, “The entire members of the community had to gather money, with some selling their goats, including motorcycles, to raise N500,000 used in buying the items.”
He added that the victim was receiving treatment in a hospital in Kwali.
The FCT Police spokesperson, DSP Adeh Josephine, could not e reached to comment on the latest development as at the time of filling this report.