A 47-year-old man, Joshua Musa, has been shot dead by kidnappers after his family paid N750,000 ransom at Manyare community in Gegu-Beki chiefdom of Kotonkarfe area of Kogi State.
According to Daily Trust, a family member identified as Samuel, who disclosed that the incident happened on Saturday, said Musa’s family struggled and raised N750,000 after intense negotiation with the kidnappers who earlier demanded N5m.
Samuel said; “After presenting the N750,000 to the kidnappers at an appointed point, they called again demanding another N850,000.
“The kidnappers called that they were aware of the N45,000 kept aside, hence, the family should bring another fresh N850,000 before the victim would be set free.
“We were shocked about how the kidnappers knew that there was an extra N45,000 that was reserved to take care of the victim after he might have regained freedom. They then threatened to kill the victim if the family failed to pay the N850,000 after 24 hours.
“Unfortunately, they killed the victim on Saturday evening and called the family to come and pick up the corpse at a place. We mobilised to the forest with vigilantes and brought the corpse back home and buried it.”
The state police spokesman, ASP Williams Ovye Ayah, had yet to comment on the incident at the time of filing this report.
