Oh No!! SERIOUS Panic In Kaduna As Bandits Murder Ransom Negotiator Over This Shocking Reason
Nine kidnapped victims were released in exchange for a ransom of N16 million and three motorcycles, however a young man named Abba, 27 years of age didn’t make it out alive as he was sent to his grave by bandits in Kaduna State.
In an X post (formerly known as Twitter) on Thursday, 20th June 2024, security analyst and counter- insurgency specialist Zagazola Makama made mentioned that the kidnap occurred on April 16, 2024, when nine inhabitants of Unguwar lya and Jere were taken hostage by suspected armed bandits who broke into their homes. At first, they allegedly sought a ransom payment of N30 million.
The incident happened last Saturday when Abba, who had been bargaining with the kidnappers, went to give the agreed-upon ransom to the bandit group’s commander at a specified place in the neighbourhood, according to a local named Shuaibu Hussaini, who verified what happened to members of the press.
“The bandits’ leader, after collecting the ransom and the bikes, tied the deceased with a rope and opened fire on him for no reason”, Hussaini said.
Speaking further, he claimed that one of the victims who regained freedom had disclosed the reason for the murder.
“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”
The attackers’ insensitive disclosure of the victim’s fate to his family only served to highlight the act’ s heinous intent.
“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 up his corpse. The death of the deceased had thrown not only Abba’s family into mourning, but Jere chiefdom as a whole”, Hussaini added.
Regarding the event, the Kaduna State Police Command are yet to respond to the text messages and texts sent to their headquarter for verification of the above-mentioned tragedy. As it stands, efforts are being made to retrieve the body of the deceased in order to lay him to rest.