Bandits Free Niger Information Commissioner

Niger State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Muhammed Sani Idris, has regained freedom from armed bandits who abducted him on Monday, August 9, 2021.

Confirming the Commissioner’s release from the kidnappers’ den on Thursday, a top government official in the state said Idris was set free around 9:30 pm at a location in Suleja and was immediately rushed to an unnamed hospital for a proper medical check-up.

According to the officials, no ransom was paid before the Commissioner was released by his abductors.

Speaking after his release, the Commissioner expressed gratitude to God for protecting him during his stay in the bandits’ den.

In a video currently making the rounds in social media, the embattled Commissioner expressed his gratitude to his supporters and added that he forgave those behind his ordeal.

“As a Muslim, prayer is the best shield against evil. Allah has a way of testing the faith of believers,” Alhaji Idris said.

“My abductors regretted their cruel action and I have forgiven them. I urge you to forgive them too.”

Idris was kidnapped at about one o’clock in the early hours of Monday from his home at Baban Tunga village in Tafa Local Government Area of the state.