BREAKING: UBEC Chairman, Daughter Regain Freedom

After twenty four hours in captivity, the Chairman Board of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Muhammed Mahmood and his daughter have been released by their abductors on Tuesday.

Confirming the release to Daily Independent on phone in Abuja on Tuesday his aide, Husssain Danladi said that his boss and daughter were released at 1:30 pm.

When prodded if any ransom was paid to secure his release, Danladi said that no money was paid for his release.

He was abducted along Kaduna-Abuja road on Monday while traveling from Kaduna to Abuja .

His driver was shot dead in the operation which took place around Katari, a village few kilometres from Zuba, an Abuja suburb