Kidnapped Emir of Kajuru, Alhassan Adamu, has regained his freedom, authorities confirmed to Channels Television on Monday.
This is contained in a statement by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto on Sunday. “The Sultanate Council Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs in conjunction with the National Moon Sighting Committee on Saturday received reports on the sighting of the crescent of Dhul-Hijja 1442AH.
NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed the development in a statement, yesterday, said the illicit drug had arrived Lagos in 25 parcels from South Africa, through an Air Peace Airline flight on June 30, 2021, and was detained for screening, following reasonable suspicion of the content of the consignment.
The emir’s abduction is another in the series of abductions in Kaduna in the last one week. The situation has turned Kaduna to epicenter of abductions in the country, especially of school children. Last week, the state police command said more than 250 school children had been kidnapped in the state in the last one year.