Bandits who abducted seven persons from the Kuduru community in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have killed one of the victims after his family failed to come up with the N290m ransom.
The victim identified as Olayinka Ogunyemi was killed on Friday, according to a member of the Kuduru community. He said the bandits who stormed the area on December 28, 2023, have threatened to kill the other abductees including a 16 month-old baby, if their demands are not met.
“The bandits called us Saturday saying that they have killed Engineer Olayinka Ogunyemi,” said the community member.
“The bandits threatened to kill the remaining captives if N230 million is not made available as ransom. Those still in captivity include a one-and-a-half-year-old boy, two siblings, a pregnant woman, and two men.
“N23 million has been paid, food sent and other items they demanded but none of our people has been released.
“We are appealing to the federal government, the police, and the army to step up efforts to rescue our people because their abductors said Nigeria has offended them and they would retaliate.”
However, FCT police command spokesperson, Adeh Josephine, said: “I am not aware of the incident,” when the police were contacted.
