The Kaduna State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has announced the release of the journalists and their families who were kidnapped on July 6.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Council’s Chairman, Asma”u Halilu made the announcement on Saturday in a statement issued in Kaduna.
Recall that the two journalists and their families were abducted by suspected kidnappers at their residences on July 6 at about 10: 30pm.
Halilu said, “To the glory of God Almighty, our colleagues, Abdulgafar Alabelewe, Abduraheem Aodu and their families have been released.
“The Council extends her profound gratitude to the office of the CP, Kaduna State Command, Office of the NSA, the D-G, DSS, the Inspector General of Police, Kaduna State Government, the NUJ President and all well-meaning Nigerians that prayed along with us during the trying time.
“We will soon announce when they will join us in Kaduna so that we could visit, rejoice and glorify God with them,”Halilu said.
It would be recalled that the two journalists – The Nation’s Abdulgafar Alabelewe and his Blueprint newspaper’s counterpart, AbdulRaheem Aodu, their wives as well as children were last Saturday night kidnapped by some bandits.
Meanwhile, TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) can not ascertain whether or not ransom was, paid but gathered that the two journalists and their family members were rescued close to Abuja “this afternoon.”
