By Samuel Eugene
The four siblings who were kidnapped in Kaduna State have regained their freedom.
Details of the development were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, but reports said that the victims were rescued by security agents on Monday.
The kidnappers of the four children, including a toddler, had on Monday reduced the ransom from N300 million to N25 million.
The children went missing while their father was out last Tuesday night to visit his wife, who was taking care of their sick twins admitted to a nearby hospital.
The victims were kidnapped from their parents’ home in Keke A, Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) under Kaduna Millennium City and had been in the kidnappers’ den since.
The abductors later contacted the victims’ father, Adamu Yunusa, and demanded N300 million ransom, threatening to kill the children if the ransom was not paid.
The bandits also threatened to kill the toddler, who is about two years old, for always crying.
The father, Adamu, said on Monday that the bandits had reduced the ransom to N25 million, which he said he still could not afford.
“They have reduced the ransom from N300 million to now N25 million. So we are still negotiating. I spoke to two of the children yesterday (Sunday), and they told me they are well. May God ease our pains,” he said.
Meanwhile, the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, handed over the rescued children to the Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, on Tuesday.
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