Kidnappers kill 10yr-old-boy after N150,000 ransom payment

A 10-year-old boy, Tasi’u Abdullahi of Rikkos community of Jos North LGA of Plateau, was gruesomely killed by his abductors, after collecting N150,000 as part payment of ransom from his parents. The body of the deceased was abandoned in a sack in the community five days after he was abducted. Tasi’u’s body was found in a […]

A 10-year-old boy, Tasi’u Abdullahi of Rikkos community of Jos North LGA of Plateau, was gruesomely killed by his abductors, after collecting N150,000 as part payment of ransom from his parents.

The body of the deceased was abandoned in a sack in the community five days after he was abducted.

Tasi’u’s body was found in a sack on Friday morning beside his house in Rikkos.

The victim’s uncle, Aliyu Abubakar Muhammad, narrated that the deceased was kidnapped in front of his family house on Monday afternoon when he was lured by the kidnappers.

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He said that five days after the incident, the kidnappers called them at night and demanded N50,000 for the boy’s feeding, plus a ransom of N1 million. However, after negotiations, they eventually agreed to collect N300,000 out of which they were paid N150,000.

He said, “After paying N150,000 through a bank transfer, as instructed by the abductors, we were shocked to receive a call from a woman the following day, informing us that our child had been killed and abandoned near our house. Upon examining the body of the deceased, we observed that our son had been strangled, with blood coming out of his nose and mouth.”

Though efforts to reach the state’s police spokesman proved abortive as of the time of filing this report, our correspondent gathered that two suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident.