A suspected kidnapper, Haruna Dalatu, also narrated how he killed his nephew while abducting his own half-brother in Katari, Kaduna State.

He attributed the nephew’s death to ‘destiny,’ noting that the boy was destined to die on that fateful day.

Dalatu and his gang members were said to have held their victim hostage for some days until they were paid N1 million ransom.

Dalatu told journalists when he was paraded in Abuja on Wednesday that he was given a share of N.2m from the ransom which he used in acquiring a plot of land.

He said,

“We were attempting to abduct my half-brother when his son came out of his room, so we killed the boy and abducted his father. We kept him in a place for 10 days and released him after his family paid N1m. I used my share of the money which is N200,000 to buy a plot of land.”

Asked why his nephew was murdered during the operation, Dalatu simply stated,

“It was his destiny to die that day; it was also the destiny of his father to be kidnapped, that was what happened.”