Three abductees who had been kidnapped in Auchi, the executive headquarters of Etsako West Native Authorities Space of Edo State since June, 2025 have lastly regained freedom after cost of N75 million.
DAILY POST on August 4, 2025 reported that Auchi residents, significantly the age teams of the victims, had raised the sum of N70 million for the cost of ransom for the discharge of the abductees.
The fund elevating following a viral video made by the victims who had been three in numbers.
It was learnt that the age group went across the neighborhood to gather the cash to finish the ransom.
It was additionally gathered that the victims had been released on Monday, August 11, 2025 after paying N45 million in addition to earlier N30 million paid to carry the full cash to N75 million as demanded by the abductors.
It was gathered that bother began when one of many victims recognized as Lukman was kidnapped in June and the abductors demanded the sum of N75 million ransom.
The kinfolk of the sufferer negotiated the ransom with the abductors and agreed on N30 million however the two individuals who delivered the ransom to the abductors had been then additionally seized alongside the primary sufferer, Lukman
The abductors had been stated to have demanded for the stability of N45 million, insisting that the sooner N70 million have to be paid in full earlier than releasing the victims.
The victims after spending over a month in captivity, nonetheless, made a video that went viral the place they appealed to relations and different spirited people in the locality to come back to their help in finishing the quantity for the ransom and save them from being killed.
An area who merely recognized himself as Hassan, stated the cost was made potential with the assistance of age-groups who went around the neighborhood soliciting funds to finish the ransom and get them released.
He, nonetheless, alleged that the abductors advised the victims that they’ve informants who give them details about people to kidnap.
