Kidnappers have released Musa Madaki, younger brother to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chairman in Kasuwan Magani, Kaduna State.
Recall that kidnappers stormed Kasuwan Magani two months ago and kidnapped scores of residents, including a brother to the PDP chairman.
The attackers were said to have demanded huge sum of money as ransom, but as majority of the Kasuwan Magani residents, who peasant farmers could not afford the ransom.
The victims were all held hostage and tortured.
According to Daily Post, a resident in the area, Moses Bulus said that “they kidnapped several of our people last two months.
“They demanded for millions as ransom. But, we are all farmers who could not afford three square meals a day. Even when we begged them, they refused to reduce the ransom to our reach.”
Bulus said it was when one of the kidnapped victims became sick, and was at the point of death, that they released him.
He added that other kidnapped victims were still with the bandits in their den while appealing to the Kaduna State Government and security agents to intensify efforts aimed at releasing the victims.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, could not be reached as at the time of filling this report.
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