{"id":167661,"date":"2024-04-02T18:40:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T18:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/02\/kidnapped-delta-students-regain-freedom\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T18:40:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T18:40:23","slug":"kidnapped-delta-students-regain-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/02\/kidnapped-delta-students-regain-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidnapped Delta Students Regain Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-343303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/npfimages7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"148\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The students abducted in Delta State by gunmen have regained their freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the students were abducted while traveling along the East-West Delta highway in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the State.<\/p>\n<p>A security source, had said a Sienna bus transporting the group of students coming from Calabar in Cross River State was hijacked within the Evwreni axis.<\/p>\n<p>The source disclosed that the kidnappers, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, demanded a ransom of N10 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Gunmen Kidnap Students Along Delta Highway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Edafe Bright, the State Police Public Relations Officer, however confirmed that the \u201cnine\u201d students have regained their freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The confirmed their release via X on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll nine of the victims have regained their freedom,\u201d he posted.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s, however, not immediately clear if ransom was paid to secure the release of the students or a rescue operation was carried out by the police to secure their freedom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-2120913742\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The students abducted in Delta State by gunmen have regained their freedom. 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