After five days in captivity, Mr Julius Osahon, a Correspondent of The Guardian newspapers has regained his freedom, a family source has said. She explained that her husband had spoken with her and just left the Police Division, Ughelli after being debriefed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that gunmen suspected to be kidnappers had on Sunday abducted Osahon alongside other passengers in transit to Ughelli, Delta and demanded a ransom of N5 million from him. The kidnappers reportedly got angry at the media spotlight that followed Osahon’s abduction and jerked up the ransom from N5 million to N50 million. The Federated Correspondents’ Chapel (FCC) of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bayelsa Council, had condemned the abduction of the newsman and other Nigerians who were going about their legitimate businesses.

Source: The Guardian April 02, 2022 16:30 UTC