Former Nigerian oil minister, Shettima Ali Monguno, who was on Friday abducted by gunmen in Maiduguri, a stronghold of Islamist group Boko Haram, was released on Monday, police said.
“I can confirm that Shettima Ali Monguno has been released today by his abductors,” Borno State police commissioner, Abdullahi Yuguda said.
A security source who crave anonymity said the kidnappers were paid 50 million naira. The police chief however declined to comment on the circumstances surrounding the release.
The ex-minister’s son, Abubakar Ali Monguno, said that the kidnappers demanded a ransom hours after the Friday abduction outside a mosque in Maiduguri.
87-year-old Monguno, was among a group of elders who met President Goodluck Jonathan in Maiduguri in March to discuss the Boko Haram crisis.
He has repeatedly called for dialogue with the militant group and urged Jonathan to reduce the massive security deployment in the city and ease a curfew forcing all residents to stay indoors after sundown.
Ali mongunus’ case like odas is a big bznes. I dnt gv a hoot hw much they paid as ransm or wat happen2 their lvs . They created d monster n av murdered sleep. Wt unemployd graduate soaring n no job not2mention corruption bin handled wt kid glove n celebratd, they will av more payment made on acct of terorst/ kdnaper . I wsh i ws neva born nigerian .
den liv nigeria.tel me Which country dat does not hav it own problems
The ibos love money hav always bn d song on d lips of other nigerians but now dat d bkharam hav also taken to kidnap for ransom i believ d ibos went their nd tot them….a chicken dat eats stones nd peble yet it has no teet nd stil complain then wot about d cow dat hav teet yet feeds on grass……there is no resources in north yet they control 83% of nig oil but their pple stil takes to baegin teror nd nw kidnapin