Sunday, September 1, 2019

Abducted law students: We negotiated with kidnappers, paid ransom, says family member

Juliana Francis 
Less than 24 hours after the Kaduna State Police Command  claimed to have rescued the three law students of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, from kidnappers, a man, Sadiq Ango, a relative of one of the rescued girls has countered the police.

Sadiq Ango, @sadiqango, took to his twitter page to tweet that the police were lying.
He said: “Lies…it took us 48 long hours of negotiation with the kidnappers to secure the release of our sister to us, not the police. Ransom was paid in full as negotiated with the three families involved.”
Responding to Sadiq Ango, Bashir Ahmad@BashirAmaad, who appears to have shared a news report news report that police rescued the three law students, also tweeted: “I have taken down this tweet. Relatives and one of the victims confirmed that there was no police involvement in the process that leads to their release. Too bad police were trying to take credit. I apologize for sharing it.”
The three students were part of travellers abducted along Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Tuesday. This was after the kidnappers killed three of among the travellers. The students were released on Wednesday.

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