The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the release of Alhaji Isa Ozi-Salami, a member of the HYPPADEC Governing Board, 15 days after his abduction.
William Ovye-Aya, the Command’s spokesman, confirmed the development to newsmen in Lokoja on Thursday.
He said Ozi-Salami has since been reunited with his family.
He said that the 73-year old elder statesman was released on Wednesday evening.
Ovye-Aya, who did not say whether ransom was paid or not before the man’s release, said the abductors abandoned him at a point from which he found his way home.
According to him, the police are still trailing the abductors to bring them to book.
Ozi-Salami, a notable politician, was kidnapped at his county home on May 26 at Ogaminana in Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State just when he was returning from morning prayers at the mosque.
The kidnappers had demanded for the sum of N120 million as ransom for them to release him.
