The Senate spokesman, Yemi Adaramodu, has maintained that the Federal Government paid no ransom to secure the release of the recently kidnapped persons in Kebbi and Niger state.
Adaramodu made this known on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, while reacting to concerns about the lack of visible evidence of confrontation between security operatives and kidnappers during recent rescue operations.
“From our side at the National Assembly, we believe the Federal Government did not pay any ransom to anybody,” he said on the breakfast show.
“If there is any contact with the bandits, there are several types, negative or positive. It can be through force or persuasion.”