Kidnapped House of Reps Member Freed After Colleagues Donate Ransom Fee

Garba Durbunde, a member  of the Nigerian Federal House of Representatives, representing Sumaila/Takai Federal Constituency of Kano State was yesterday kidnapped and later released by gunmen around the Abuja-Jere axis of the Abuja-Kaduna highway.

Durbunde’s release was facilitated after his House colleagues raised an undisclosed ransom fee demanded by the kidnappers.

A source informed about the development told SIGNAL on Thursday the ransom fee was raised by fellow members of the Federal House of Representatives and dropped off yesterday Wednesday, at the location specified by the kidnappers.

The victim, Garba Durbunde, a longstanding political associate of former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, was a Commissioner for Rural and Community Development after a stint at the Kano House of Assembly.

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