Greenfield: Video Captures Mother-Son Moment After Bandits Freed Attahiru

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The mother of Aaron Attahiru, one of the abducted Greenfield University students was gripped by emotion as her son reunited with family members after being released by bandits.

A video in circulation shows the happy mother, Lauretta kneeling on the floor as she hugged her son repeatedly after sighting him for the first time since he was abducted.

Lauretta had on Tuesday confirmed the release of her son to newsmen, however, she stopped short of disclosing the details of how her son was released and whether a ransom was paid or not.

Watch the emotional video:

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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