A whooping sum of N100million was paid to secure the release of abducted managing director of Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Hassan.
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Daily Nigerian reports that Mr Hassan was released on Wednesday, April 6, after spending about 10 days in captivity, following his abduction alongside hundreds of passengers of Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, 2022.
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Although the terrorists had claimed that no ransom was paid in a short video taken with the mobile phone of the managing director, family sources told the publication that N100million was paid before they released him.
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The sources added that after the family emissaries journeyed for hours in the bush, the g#nmen appeared fully armed in their hundreds and collected the money.
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Journalist Bulama Bukarti also confirmed N100million was paid to secure the release of the MD.
