How Bandits Killed Man Who Took N16m Ransom, 3 Bikes To Them
Bandits have shot dead a 27-year-old man, identified as Abba, after he delivered a N16 million ransom and three motorcycles to them for the release of nine victims they abducted in Jere town, Kaduna State.
The bandits had on April 16, 2024 attacked some houses at Unguwar Iya in Jere, abducted nine residents and demanded N30 million ransom to release them.
A resident, Shuaibu Hussaini, confirmed the killing of Abba while speaking through telephone with our reporter on Wednesday.
He said the incident happened last Saturday after the victim, who was behind the negotiation of the ransom, went to deliver N16 million and three motorcycles to the leader of the bandits at a location in the area.
He said the bandits’ leader, after collecting the ransom and the bikes, tied the deceased with a rope and opened fire on him.
“It was one of the victims who was among those released who said the bandits’ leader claimed that they decided to kill Abba for being rude to him during negotiation of the ransom.
“It was when one of the family members of the victims tried to find out the whereabouts of Abba after delivering the ransom that the bandits’ leader asked the family to go to a particular location and pick his corpse,” he said.
Hussaini, who said the death of the deceased had thrown not only Abba’s family into mourning, but Jere chiefdom as a whole.
The Kaduna State Police Command is yet to comment on the incident.
