{"id":3410,"date":"2022-06-10T07:44:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T07:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=3410"},"modified":"2023-06-10T11:50:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T10:50:26","slug":"abducted-hyppadec-board-member-salami-regains-freedom-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/abducted-hyppadec-board-member-salami-regains-freedom-in-kogi\/","title":{"rendered":"Abducted HYPPADEC Board Member, Salami Regains Freedom in Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">After spending over two weeks in kidnappers\u2019 den, <a href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/2022\/05\/26\/gunmen-kidnap-kogi-elder-statesman-isa-ozi-salami-shoot-three-others-in-separate-attacks\/\">the abducted Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), board member, Alhaji Isah Ozi Salami<\/a> has finally regained freedom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Salami was kidnapped on the 26th May, 2022, in his country home in Ogaminana Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State while he was returning from morning prayers at the mosque.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Kogi State Police Command has also confirmed his release.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Ovye-Aya, who confirmed his release, said Ozi-Salami has since been united with his family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He said that the 73-year-old elder statesman was released on Wednesday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Aya, who kept silent on whether ransom was paid before the elder statesman was released, said that the abductors abandoned him at a location, from which he found his way home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">According to him, the police were still trailing the abductors to bring them to book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/2022\/06\/07\/kidnappers-demand-ransom-of-n120m-to-free-hyppadec-board-member-in-kogi\/\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">ebirareporters.com recalls that the kidnappers had demanded the sum of N120 million as ransom for them to release the victim.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After spending over two weeks in kidnappers\u2019 den, the abducted Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), board&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[328,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-3410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-hyppadec","8":"tag-kogi"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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