Details are still sketchy, but unconfirmed reports say abducted Punch reporter, Okechukwu Nnodim has been set free by his abductors between Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Nnodim and two sons of his neighbour, a teenager and another in his early 20s, were abducted on Friday night.
They were abducted in Byzahin community, a suburb of the nation’s capital city, between Kubwa and Bwari axis in Abuja.
It is not clear if any ransom was paid, but the kidnappers, it was gathered demanded for a ransom of N10 million. Earlier information said the reporter offered some of his assets to save his family, but the kidnappers rebuffed him and took him away on Friday night.
Painfully, the reporter just arrived days ago after burying a close relative, a second loss within 10 months.
Recall that two Sundays, gunmen set free seven orphans and other kidnapped from an orphanage in Naharati area of Abaji town, about 100 kilometers from the Abuja city centre.
Nnodim of the Punch was picked about 30 kilometers from the city.
About two weeks ago, gunmen stormed the orphanage in Abaji picking the orphans and two of their handlers and and other adults in the neighbourhood.
On releasing the orphans and others, the woman who delivered the ransom was abducted, reports say.