- The sources did not specify whether the ransom demanded of N60 million was paid or not, but reported that the Commissioner returned in good health.
- Gunmen arrived on four motorcycles, ordered everyone in the house, including the commissioner’s wife and children, to lie face down before taking him to an unknown destination.
In the early hours of Thursday, Mathew Abo, the kidnapped Benue State Commissioner of Information, Culture, and Tourism, was liberated.
At around 1:00am, Abo, who was kidnapped by armed men who broke into his Zaki-Biam home on Sunday, was believed to have been reunited with his family.
No information about whether a ransom was paid before his release was provided by a family source.
As of the time this story was filed, Catherine Anene, a spokesman for the state police command, could not be reached.
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