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Kidnapped Kwara APC chiefs regain freedom

Kidnapped Kwara APC chiefs regain freedom

By Demola Akinyemi

The abducted Chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kwara State, Hon. Ishola Balogun- Fulani, and the party’s Secretary, Chief Bode Adekanye, have been freed.

The APC chiefs were rescued by men of Kogi State Police Command at about 6.30pm yesterday.

Kwara State Publicity Secretary of  the APC, Alh Sulyman Buhari, broke the news of the release of Balogun- Fulani and Adekanye in a telephone interview with Sunday Vanguard last night.

He added that the freed men will pass the night in Lokoja and return to Ilorin today( Sunday). Buhari said  no ransom was paid contrary to the claim by a relation of one of the abductees that they offered to pay N10m when the abductors demanded N50m. “Our Chairman and the Secretary have been rescued. Thank God for the spirited efforts of the men of the Kogi State Police Command. We  expect them ito arrive Ilorin today, Sunday. Let me also say that no ransom was paid because of the means through which they were rescued “.

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