I WOULD'VE RESIGNED HAD GOVERNMENT PAID RANSOM FOR MY RELEASE - NIGER INFORMATION COMMISSIONER..

Alhaji Muhammed Sani Idris, who was released on Thursday night by his abductor, has said that his release was miraculous as no ransom was paid for his freedom.

This is as the commissioner said he would have resigned as a cabinet member had government paid ransom to the bandits to secure his freedom. Idris said this while addressing journalists in Minna, the state capital, where he was received by the speaker of the state's House of Assembly, Rt Hon Abdullahi B Wuse, some cabinet members and his family.

I was the only victim with the bandits and they told me that they see my case as a high-profile kidnapping and they planned for it very well with different people from different teams to ensure that they succeed.

"I was not rescued and I didn't pay any ransom. It was just miraculous."

"When they started, they were very hard on me and push me to a limit you never expected human to still be resilient, but I give God the glory, because I remain there as a believer believing that the God I serve will always be there for me."

"I was asking them if what they were doing is welcomed in the eyes of Allah, gradually; instead of breaking me, I started breaking them."

"After then they started giving me bread and water. they untred me and use the only trampoline they had to cover me during rain while they stayed ander the rain."

"They began to show concern, I kept talking to them and in the long run, they said I should go and reunite with my family," he said.

According to him, his talk did not go in vain as kidnappers and bandits were shedding tears when he was leaving them.

He added, "I held onto the leader and told him that I forgive them for all the humiliations they have taken me through. They began to shed tears and they said that they pray that their meeting with me will be an end point to their banditry?"