Kaduna State SSG Released

Kaduna- The Secretary to the Kaduna State Government (SSG), Mr. Waje Yayok, who was kidnapped in the state 10 days ago has been re-united with his family and colleagues after the government allegedly paid N20 million ransom to his abductors.

The government however said nothing was paid and that the kidnappers released Yayok when they realized that government was not ready to play ball.

Yayok had arrived Government House in an ash coloured 406 Peugeot Saloon car with registration number Abuja BF 507 YAB   at about 12.58 pm and was taken straight to the Deputy Governor’s office where he briefed senior government officials, security officials and leadership of the ruling people’s Democratic Party (PDP) on his experiences while in captivity.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Tambari Yabo Mohammed, went into Deputy Governor’s office to meet other government officials.

About two and a half hours later, the Deputy Governor, Mr. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa,   re-appeared with the SSG, the Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Saidu Adamu, and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Public Affairs, Alhaji Umar Sani, and told newsmen that Yayok would answer some questions after Alhaji Sani had read a prepared statement on the kidnap saga.