A Methodist presbyter, Very Rev. Kayode Akande and two other church leaders abducted by suspected herdsmen in Osun State have been set free.

One of the clerics in the church said the priest; Mr. Bankole, who is an engineer and Mr. Omodunbi were released on Thursday by their armed captors.

The cleric stated that his colleague and two others, who were kidnapped by the hoodlums since Sunday night were freed by their abductors unharmed.

Asked how much ransom the church or the family paid for the release of the three men, the cleric said, no ransom was paid because the Bishop pleaded with the abductors to free the men and also prayed for them.

The Police Public Relations Officer in Osun State, Mrs. Folasade Odoro, refused to answer the calls put across to her to find out if the people had been released.