Twenty-nine people kidnapped by gunmen two weeks ago as they returned from a wedding in northwest Nigeria have been freed, relatives told AFP Friday.
The victims, mobile phone traders, were returning back to Zamfara state capital Gusau after attending the wedding of a colleague when one of their vehicles broke down late on June 11.
The day after the kidnapping, Mukhtar told AFP that 30 guests at the wedding had been kidnapped while 20 others managed to escape."Their release followed intense negotiations with the bandits who had initially demanded 145 million naira ransom for the hostages," said Mustapha Halifa, another union official.
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