Kidnappers Have Released CBN Governor's wife(Margaret Emefiele) After Receiving N80m

Two soldiers said the suspects were paid N13million from the ransom paid to the kidnappers of Margaret Emefiele, the CBN Governor's wife.
The two soldiers, Lance Corporals Musa
Maidabra and Edwin George, serving at 122D30 Regiment in Maiduguri, Borno State, said they were given N6.5 million each as their share of the ransom, which according to Punch, was estimated to be around N80 million.

According to the soldiers, their role was to help the kidnapping gang transport the money to a hideout in Benin, the Edo State capital.
Maidabra and George, alongside seven others believed to be members of the gang were on Monday, October 11, paraded in Abuja.

Other suspects included a dismissed soldier, Ernest Uduefe, Mohammed Abubakar, Mohammed Musa, Mohammed Sule, Ibrahim Abdullahi, Aliyu Musa and Mohammed Yusuf.
"We were not involved in the kidnapping; we only assisted them to transport the money to a location. We carried the money and ran away with
it in a vehicle; it was part of my friend’s share that I collected. We didn’t know the money was from a kidnap operation," one of the officers, Maidabra said.

Corroborating the story, George said: "I was not involved in the kidnap; the money they gave me was over N6m. I asked about the source of the money, but they didn’t tell me."
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Donald Awunah , N14,725,000, two Honda Accord cars, an Audi car, one AK 47 magazine and two cartridges were recovered from the gang.

He stated that a Jeep, valued at N1.5 million and N4 million cash were recovered from Maidabra, while a Honda Accord, estimated at N1.1 million, was recovered from George.
The PPRO explained they also recovered N7.7million from Musa out of his N10 million share, adding that he sustained bullet wounds after a gun duel with the police while trying to escape from the forest where their victims were kept.

Six suspects had been arrested following the kidnap which occurred last week along the Benin-Agbor Road.
It was gathered that detectives of the
Inspector-General of Police Special Monitoring and Intelligence Team, are hunting for three other suspects of the 12-man gang.
"We now have nine of the gang members in custody. We are confident that we would get the remaining three suspects in a short while," - Punch quoted a Police source as saying.
Mrs Emefiele was kidnapped on Thursday, September 29, 2016, and was released on Saturday, October 1, 2016.