GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS ABDUCTED LAST WEEK RELEASED

Federal Police Chief,  Ibrahim K. Idris

 TWO GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS ABDUCTED HAVE BEEN RELEASED

The two Germans kidnapped in Southern Kaduna State have been released. They were released Saturday night.

A German archaeologist, Peter Breunig, and his colleague, Johannes Buringer, were released by their abductors, police sources told our reporter. “Yes, they were released last night (Saturday) by their kidnappers. No ransom was paid,” a senior police officer said in Kaduna on condition of anonymity.  “We are expecting an official statement from Force Headquarters , Abuja with details of their release.

Officials at the police headquarters in Abuja also confirmed the release, saying investigations are ongoing to arrest the kidnappers. “Investigations are very much on, and we believe we will get them (the kidnappers),” a senior officer knowledgeable about the investigations said in Abuja.

The Germans were kidnapped on Wednesday in Jenjela village, Kagarko emirate of Kagargo Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Two local hunters who tried to prevent their kidnap were killed in the process.

The kidnappers later demanded N60 million as ransom, while the police deployed special forces and aerial surveillance to secure their release.The two Germans who were recently kidnapped in kaduna State have regained their freedom. A reliable police source told Channels Television that the victims, Professor Peter Breunia and Johannes Behirnger, were released unhurt late on Saturday by their abductors.

They were released in Katari village, along the Kaduna – Abuja expressway, after intense pressure and surveillance around the forest by a combing team of Intelligence Response Team, Police Mobile Force and personnel of the state Anti-Kidnapping Unit.

The source however did not reveal whether any ransom was paid but confirmed that the victims have been re-united with officials of the German embassy in Abuja. Two German archaeologists  were kidnapped in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, according to police report last Thursday, were working with Nigeria’s National Commission for Museum and Monuments, were seized at about 8:55 am (0755 GMT) as they worked at an excavation site in southern Kaduna on Wednesday. Federal police chief Ibrahim K. Idris said the men had been assigned security personnel for their own protection but that they did not go with them to the dig site into ancient Nok culture.

Credit:  pmnewsnigeria