Terrorists have launched the ultimate batch of six abductees taken from Aiyetoro Kiri group in Bunu land, Kogi State, following weeks of intense negotiations and ransom funds.
The Aiyetoro Kiri Bunu Growth Affiliation (AKBDA) confirmed the event in a press release on Wednesday, describing the discharge as the top of “an extended, traumatic ordeal for the victims, their households, and all the group.”
The abductees have been members of First ECWA Aiyetoro Kiri, kidnapped throughout an assault on the group on December 14, 2025.
In line with AKBDA, the discharge of the six people marks the conclusion of a phased course of that started earlier this 12 months after extended engagement with the abductors.
The affiliation famous that the primary batch of seven abductees was launched on January 1, 2026, following preliminary negotiations and funds.
Regardless of the emotional toll and mounting {financial} burden on households and the group, talks continued, resulting in the discharge of three extra victims on January 12, 2026, and fourteen others the next day. The remaining six have been freed in the latest growth.
The affiliation expressed profound gratitude to God for the protected return of all abductees and thanked the households, residents of Aiyetoro Kiri, buddies of the group, and well-wishers who provided assist all through the disaster.
The group additionally known as for lasting peace and improved safety in Aiyetoro Kiri and the broader Bunu land, urging related authorities to take decisive motion to forestall a recurrence of such assaults.