Police in Cross River have secured the release of eight of the nine travellers abducted on Ogoja-Ikom Highway on Tuesday.
A witness account revealed that bullets hit some passengers as the gunmen fired at vehicles.
Police have confirmed the arrest of four middle-aged persons, including three women, for attempting to abduct a 10-year-old girl.
The Islamic scholar asked the secret police to “take him (Mamu) to court” to face trial.
The families of the kidnap victims did not disclose if the gunmen collected ransoms before freeing Mr Magbon and Ms Friday.
The suspect confessed during interrogation that he planned to kidnap a former chairman of Mariga and the father of a former commissioner in the state, police said.
The police said the suspects had confessed to the mindless murder of five of the victims before payment of ransom and eventual release of others.
“The terrorists kidnapped one Hama Sanusi, aged 30, and her 15-month-old daughter, Aisha Sanusi,” said the police.
No fewer than four family members were kidnapped after gunmen invaded the Shadadi community in Kuje Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in the wee hours of Wednesday.
In his 2022 Easter homily, Mr Kukah criticised the regime for expending huge resources to training and supporting terrorists.
