Kaduna State Police Command, on Wednesday, confirmed the release of the immediate past Minister of Environment, Mrs Laurentia Malam, and her husband, Pius.
The couple was abducted along Bwari/Jere axis on Kaduna-Abuja highway on Monday evening.
The Command’s spokesman, ASP Aliyu Usman, said in Kaduna that the two regained their freedom on Wednesday evening.
“They were rescued at Jare through the effort of security operatives,’’ he said.
Usman said no one had been arrested in connection with the incident but added: ‘’we are doing everything possible to arrest the suspects so that they can face the law.
“The ex-minister and her husband have united with their family.’’
Usman said that the abductors took away the former minister and her husband but released their driver unharmed.
“We call on the public to always give police useful information so as track criminals in our society,’’ he said.
