Kidnapped Emir of Kajuru, Alhassan Adamu, has regained his freedom.

He was released after spending a night in the custody of the bandits.

Although the abductors had demanded a two hundred million naira ransom, it is unclear if any money was paid for his release.

A top official of the Kajuru council area and the spokesman of the Kajuru Emirate council, Dahiru Abubakar confirmed the release of the eighty-five-year-old traditional ruler.

But thirteen other members of his family who were kidnapped alongside the Emir are still in captivity.

The bandits had swooped on the Emir in the early hours of Sunday morning, just six days after the abduction of 121 students of Bethel Baptist school in neighboring Chikun Local Government Area.

It was gathered that the gunmen numbering over 200 stormed the emirate, firing gunshots, before proceeding to the Emir’s palace and taking him and 13 members of his family away.

Hours later, the bandits contacted the emirates and demanded a ransom of N200 million to facilitate the monarch’s release.

According to the spokesperson of the Kajuru Emirate Council, the bandits also gave assurances that all the victims are in good condition and were not being molested.

Kaduna State has seen a spike in mass abductions with bandits equally having a field day in the northwestern state.