{"id":12782,"date":"2013-05-06T14:35:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T13:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=12782"},"modified":"2013-05-06T14:35:48","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T13:35:48","slug":"monguno-freed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/monguno-freed\/","title":{"rendered":"Monguno freed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The elder statesman was held captive for three days.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s first petroleum minister, Shettima Ali Monguno, who was kidnapped on Friday, has been released.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Monguno was released by his abductors at about midday on Monday. The nonagenarian urged hundreds of sympathisers who came to welcome him not to shed tears saying \u201cThey did not kill me, so don\u2019t cry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Borno Governor, Kashim Shettima, appealed to the crowd that thronged the victim\u2019s house in Maiduguri to let him have at least 24 hours to rest and not disturb him.<\/p>\n<p>There has been no confirmation about whether ransom was paid for Mr. Monguno or not.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The elder statesman was held captive for three days. Nigeria\u2019s first petroleum minister, Shettima Ali Monguno, who was kidnapped on Friday, has been released. 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