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A reporter with Adamawa Broadcasting Cooperation, ABC, Yola, Usman Sahabi, who was abducted by gunmen last week, has been released.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Sahabi, who was covering the Adamawa State House of Assembly for the ABC and who was recently appointed as Chief of Staff to the Speaker, Bathiya Wesley, regained his freedom on Tuesday, according to dependable sources.
An aide of the Speaker who spoke in confidence, broke the news of Sahabi’s release to DAILY POST.
The Public Relations Officer of Adamawa State Police Command, SP Sulaiman Nguroje, confirmed that Sahabi had regained his freedom.
Gunmen had stormed the journalist’s residence at Wuro-Chekke in the early hours of Thursday, November 2, took him away and called his family members at daybreak to demand N20 million ransom.
The ransom was said to have been negotiated down to N5 million by Monday evening, but there was no indication concerning payment upon his release Tuesday afternoon.
