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Nigerian judge kidnapped from his home by unknown gunmen has been freed

Faruku Hassan Bunza, a Nigerian judge abducted from his home in Bunza town by unidentified gunmen on July 26, has been freed, police said on August 3. Kidnappings are routinely used by criminal groups in Nigeria to secure lucrative ransom payments from either the government or victims' families. The exact details of Bunza's release were not immediately clear, and the attackers remain at large.

Nigerian judge kidnapped from his home by unknown gunmen has been freed

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