Gunmen Kill Young Businessman After Collecting Ransom In Kogi | READ DETAILS
Faith Ukanwa
Apr 19, 2022
Gunmen Kill Young Businessman After Collecting Ransom In Kogi | READ DETAILS
The remains of a 39-year-old businessman, Yahaya Hassan Musa, have been found in forest around Mopa area of Kogi state, after his abductors collected N6m ransom from his family.
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Speaking to City and Crime, Abubakar , brother to the deceased, said Musa who is a father of two children was kidnapped on Thursday, April 14, 2022 while returning from Cotonou, in Benin Republic from a business trip.
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The abductors had demanded N10m ransom and later reduced it to N6m which was paid to them.
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Abubakar narrated;
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"The kidnappers requested that I should take the money to a forest in Kabba. I went and delivered the money in cash. They then directed me to a place where I would meet him, but I did not meet him. I slept in the forest alone.
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"The following day I continued searching until a woman who was kidnapped alongside my brother called me and said they killed him before even collecting the ransom, but that she didn't know where they dumped his body.
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"I went back to the nearby town and hired hunters to get back into the forest and search for the corpse. After trekking many kilometers, we found his decomposing corpse.ÔÇØ
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According to Abubakar, they couldn't find a bus to carry the corpse because of its decaying condition, they had to bury him in the bush according Islamic rites after consulting the family in Kano.
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— Faith Ukanwa