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The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has praised the NSA\u2019s role in freeing kidnapped journalists, urging Nigerians to trust the current administration.<\/p>\n
Idris, on Sunday, welcomed the release of two Kaduna-based journalists, AbdulGafar Alabelewe of The Nation newspapers and AbdulRaheem Aodu of Blueprint newspapers, who were abducted from their homes in the outskirts of Kaduna last weekend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Speaking when he received the two journalists from the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the minister lauded security agencies for the \u2018speedy\u2019 recovery of the victims.<\/span><\/p>\n The two journalists were released along with Mr Alabelewe\u2019s wife and two children.\u00a0 Mohammed also expressed sympathy to the two families.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe are most grateful for what you have done. We are aware that this is part of your ongoing effort to ensure that all kidnapped victims are rescued alive and reunited with their families.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI want to urge Nigerians to keep faith with the current administration of President Bola Tinubu and our security agencies. The security agencies under the coordination of the NSA are working tirelessly to ensure that all those who have been taken into unlawful custody are freed without paying any ransom,\u201d Idris said.<\/span><\/p>\n Earlier, the NSA said the five victims were rescued following the combined efforts of security agencies which led to \u2018swift\u2019 search and rescue operation.<\/span><\/p>\n Responding, one of the rescued victims,\u00a0 Alabelewe was quoted as thanking the NSA and his team for the intervention.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe rescue mission which brought us out of the bush gave us hope in our country and gave us confidence to believe that the government is serious about tackling this problem of kidnapping. I never thought that within a week of our kidnap we could get out.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe are grateful that the government swung into action and ensured that we were released,\u201d he was quoted as saying. Arise News<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has praised the NSA\u2019s role in freeing kidnapped journalists, urging Nigerians…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[95,313,312],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-mohammed-idris","tag-national-security-adviser","tag-nuhu-ribadu"],"yoast_head":"\n