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on June 23, 2023

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Former Nasarawa state Deputy Governor regains freedom after family pay N4m ransom to kidnappers

Kidnappers of former D eputy Governor of Nasarawa, Prof. Onje Gye-Wado, who kidnapped last week, has been freed by his abductors after allegedly collecting about N4 million ransom. Gye-Wado, a professor of law, was kidnapped Thursday night in his country home of Rinza, near Wamba, the headquarters of Wamba Local Government Area of the state. Earlier, a family source revealed that the former deputy governor’s kidnappers demanded a ransom of N70 million, but the family bargained from N2 million to N3.5 million, finaally topped it close to N4 million before he was released. “They collected the ransom near Mada Hills Secondary School in Akwanga, with N200 recharge card. Then he was released near Angwan Chiyawa, close to those hills between Akwanga and Nasarawa Eggon,” the family source added. It was gathered that Gye-Wado was taken back to the palace of the paramount ruler of Wamba (Oriye Rindre), Justice Lawal Musa Nagogo (rtd), upon his release. The police Comman...

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Ensuring unfettered access to justice by vulnerable, disadvantaged,indigents in kogi.

By Dada Ahmed. ,,,,,, The case of PDCRC. No doubt, if there is any date, residents of kogi state, north central Nigeria, especially the disadvantaged, vulnerable and indigent will not forget in a hurry, it is June 3, 2019. That day,described as historic in the history of ensuring justice to all and sundry in the state,marked the creation of Kogi State Office of the Public Defender and Citizens' Rights Commission,PDCRC. The state government could not have minced words in establishing the all important commission with a strong mission statement. The commission's clear cut mission is to ensure "provision of proficient free legal service for indigents, disadvantaged and vulnerable residents of kogi state in accessing justice and protection of their fundamental human rights." The commission also envisions a state where the Indigent, disadvantaged and vulnerable have unfettered access to justice and protection of their fundamental human rights. As an agency of the state g...

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