Ex-Deputy Gov Regains Freedom After N4m Ransom

The former deputy governor of Nasarawa State, Prof Onje Gye-Wado, who was kidnapped on Thursday night, has been released after a ransom of N4 million.

Congress gathered that the professor of law was whisked away from his country home in Rinza, near Wamba, the headquarters of the Wamba local government area of the state.

Recall, his abductors had demanded a ransom of N70 million, but the family negotiated from N2 million and later N3.5 million, eventually paying N4 million before he was released.

According to a family source, “The kidnappers collected the ransom near Mada Hills Secondary School in Akwanga, with a 200 naira recharge card, after which he was freed from their den close to Angwan Ichikawa, close to those hills between Akwanga and Nasarawa Eggon.”

The source said Prof Gye-Wado was taken back to the Palace of the paramount ruler of Wamba, Oriye Rindre, Justice Lawal Musa Nagogo, upon his release.