Mustapha Ali Shehu, the councillor representing Assakio Ward in Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, and his brother were released by their abductors on Monday.
Shehu, who was elected as councillor on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2021, was kidnapped along with his brother on the Assakio-Obi Road on Sunday.
Sources confirmed to newsmen that the abductors released Shehu and his brother on Monday, October 16, following the payment of an undisclosed ransom.