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Abducted FCT imam ‘rescued’ in Kaduna after N6m ransom

An imam in Dakwa community in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, Ahmad Al’Amin, who was alongside three other residents, abducted in May, 2024, has regained his freedom.

Speaking to City & Crime yesterday, a younger brother of the victim, Muhammad Hassan, said that N4m was earlier paid to the kidnappers and N2m added about a week ago.

He said, “They, however, refused to release him on Thursday as they promised until the next day when we heard that he was rescued by soldiers in a bush around Kachia LGA of Kaduna State.’’

He said that one of those abducted alongside his brother, a family member of a senior customs officer, was the first to be released after a ransom payment, while the two other victims were still in captivity.

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He added that, “We are now surprised to hear from a nearby military barracks in the Kachia area of Kaduna State that their soldiers were the ones that rescued him.

“The soldiers claimed that the bandits abandoned our brother on sighting them.’’

 

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