Pius Kolawole, Yagba West Chairman
The kidnapped chairman of Yagba West Local Government Area in Kogi State, Hon. Pius Kolawole, has regained his freedom.
A family source who spoke with Tribune Online said the Chairman was welcomed and received by jubilant supporters and Family members in his hometown Egbe.
He was abducted on Saturday while returning to Kogi from Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. A Commissioner with the Kogi State Pension Board was killed in the attack.
Tribune Online reports that on Sunday, the kidnappers demanded N50 million ransom for Kolawole’s freedom.
According to the family source, the council chairman is hale and hearty and has reunited with his family and teeming supporters.
The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, CP Ayuba Edeh also confirmed Kolawole’s release, adding that the release was made possible by the combined efforts of the Police other sister agencies, hunters and vigilante men.
He added that the rescue was made possible by the assistance of technology and unrelenting pressure mounted through a continued search of the forests.
He said the search which began on Saturday, saw his men and the team working round the clock 24/7 until the chairman was released.
He added that “I am however not in the picture of any ransom payment.”
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