Kidnapped Nasarawa Poly student regains freedom

Taye Ajoke, a female student of Nasarawa State owned Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic in Lafia, who was abducted on Monday has regained freedom after a ransom of N300,000 was paid.

Wakadaily reported that gunmen invaded the institution and shot three students, while Ajoke, a National Diploma (ND) ll student of Science Laboratory Technology of the Polytechnic was kidnapped.

The President of the Students Union Government of the polytechnic, Ekom Ayaka, on Thursday said Ajoke’s abducters had earlier demanded for N50 Million but later reduced the ransom to N500,000 when they noticed that her family and well-wishers could not meet up with their earlier request, they accepted N300,000 naira to release her.

Ayaka said: “We are grateful to God that Ajoke has been released by the bandits. She was released around 7pm on Wednesday after a ransom of N300,000 was paid.

“The kidnappers first wanted N50million but they later reduced the money to N500,000 when they understood that her family and friends will not be able to get such an amount.

“But after much appeal to them (kidnappers), they told her family to pay the sum of N300,000 that was in their possession. That was how she was released from captivity.”

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