Three kidnapped health workers in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, have been released by their captors.
According to Premium Times, the gunmen who abducted them also returned N5 million ransom paid for their release.
Some gunmen had ambushed the health workers including Muhammad Mansur, a medical doctor, in charge of Dansadau General Hospital Dansadau, in the Maru council area of the state.
Mansur, who appeared to be surrounded by sympathisers, confirmed his release to newsmen on Friday morning.
Residents said cattle herders committed to a lasting peace with the Dansadau farming communities intervened and secured the release of the health workers as well as stopped the payment of the N5 million ransom the bandits demanded.
A traditional ruler, Mustapha Umar, said the concerned cattle herders escorted the ransom bearer, Sama’ila Nagogo, to the delivery location and caught the armed bandits, and took them to their superiors.
“They (cattle herders) asked them to free the suspects and returned the N5 million ransom which they did,” the traditional ruler said.
“The ransom was returned to the owner, Mamman Tsafe, whose children were among the kidnapped victims.
