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The Edo State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP Dr. Tony Azegbemi has been released by his abductors, after eleven days.
Aziegbemi was said to have arrived his residence at about 3am today.
The news of his release was broken by Senator Odion Ugbesia at about 6.17 am but it could not be confirmed whether ransom was paid or not before he was released.
Recall that Aziegbemi was kidnapped on the 16th of March, 2024 by gang of armed men a few metres from his residence off the Government Reservation Area in Benin City, the Edo state capital.
Rocketparrot News reported that the kidnappers have few days ago, demanded for a ransom of five hundred million naira.
