The Permanent Secretary in Adamawa State Ministry of Mineral Resources, Mr. Emmanuel Piridimso, who was kidnapped last Wednesday, has regained freedom.
His abductors freed him after receiving a yet-to-be ascertained ransom. They gave him N1,000 as transport fare back home.
A source, who disclosed this on Sunday, said the permanent secretary trekked a long distance to reunite with his family.
The source said: “After the payment of ransom, the kidnappers released him near Bagale hills and gave him N1,000 transport fare. He trekked all the way to Viniklang where he got a motorcycle that took him home.”
Police spokesman Sulaiman Yahaya confirmed the development.
“The abductors released the man when they knew that we were trailing them,” he told our reporter yesterday, adding that the police would arrest the kidnappers.
Kidnapping has become rampant in the state. Last Saturday, an uncle of embattled Sen. Ishaku Abbo was killed by abductors, who stormed Abbo’s family house in Mubi and kidnapped his stepmother. She is yet to be released.