The abductors of a 15-year-old secondary school pupil have killed him after collecting N4.5m as ransom from his medical doctor father, Rilwanu Sadiq.
WuzupNigeria reports that the deceased, Abubakar, was kidnapped in front of his father’s house along Gombe road in Ningi local government area of Bauchi State on April 1st.
His father, Dr. Sadiq, who works at the Abubakar Tafawa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, said he was at work when he got the news of his son’s abduction. He immediately reported the matter to the neighbourhood security outfit as well as the state police.
Sadiq said his son’s abductors contacted him and initially demanded N3m ransom which he paid. Afterwards, they demanded another N1.5 million. He said he had to pay so he could get reunited with his son.
“We were giving them at intervals. They got N2 million hand-to-hand from me. The balance of N2.5 was paid into about five bank accounts. But they kept asking for more. That was when I said I can’t bear it anymore, not knowing that they will even kill my son.” Dr Sadiq told Premium times
The corpse of his son was exhumed from a shallow ditch inside an uncompleted building not far from their home on Sunday, April 12.
The distraught father said he believes that his son’s killers, based on his kidnap and where his body was buried, are well acquainted with his family.
Reacting on the incident, the Police Public Relations in the state, Kamal Datti said two persons have been arrested in connection with the death.
“Two suspects have been arrested in relation to the death, and investigation is on” Datti said
