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Community denies soldiers rescued kidnapped victims, says we paid over N20m ransom
"The ONLY role played by the military was meeting the bandits in a pre - arranged rendezvous for a formal ...
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"The ONLY role played by the military was meeting the bandits in a pre - arranged rendezvous for a formal ...
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The kidnap victims spent 29 days in the bandit's den before they were released Sunday late evening.