Two weeks after their abduction by unknown gunmen, the children of a Kaduna-based medical doctor, Philip Ataga, have been released by their abductors.
Channels TV reports that the two children were released at about 7 pm on the evening of Thursday, February 6.
We gathered that the two children who were identified as Christabel and Jasmine were abducted alongside their mother from their residence at Juji area of Chikun local government area of Kaduna state on January 25.
It was reported that kidnappers had earlier demanded N150 million ransom for their release but killed their mother after the family failed to pay the money.
The spokesman of Kaduna state police command, DSP Yakubu Sabo, told Channels Television that the woman’s bullet-ridden body was found inside a bush in the Kakau area along the Abuja- Kaduna highway.
There was an outrage in the media when the mother was assassinated and her remains dumped on the highway.
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