The custom officer reportedly abducted by some suspected gunmen in Tsafe on Friday Mr. Mahasam Awal has regained his freedom last night.
He was released after payment of an undisclosed amount of money as ransom, a family source discloses.
He has been rushed to a health facility in Gusau the state capital of Zamfara for clinical examination.
It could be recalled that this medium reported that the sum of five million naira was paid to the gunmen for his release, but they insisted that the money has to be top-up to ten million naira as requested