Kidnapped Edo School Children, Others Freed After N15m Ransom Payment

[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 11/02/2026

Four remaining victims from a family of nine abducted by gunmen in Edo State have regained their freedom following the payment of N15 million ransom.The victims, which included five school children, a nursing mother with her two-month-old baby, and others, were kidnapped on Monday, February 2, 2026, around 5pm while returning from school along the Eko-Abeku-Iyowa road in the Evboneka community, near the Benin-Akure expressway. Gunmen fired sporadically during the abduction as the family traveled in a Lexus 350 jeep driven by the nursing mother.The kidnappers initially demanded N260 (…)

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