A 30-year-old farmer, Salahatu Haruna, has explained the role he played in the kidnap of his half-brother, Yakubu, whose seven-year-old son was shot dead during the operation.
Haruna reportedly masterminded Yakubu’s abduction to raise some money having become broke and reluctant to seek help from him.
Our correspondent learnt that a petition was addressed to the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, who charged Intelligence Response Team to go after the perpetrators. Speaking with our correspondent, Haruna, who is married with two wives and nine children, confessed that he planned his half-brother’s abduction, adding that he got N200,000 share of the ransom.
“About four months ago, I invited three of my friends, Julie, Usman and Ikira and told them of my plan to kidnap him. They all agreed to the plan. Ikira brought an Ak-47 and we agreed that on the day they would strike, I would point the house to them. I did as planned that night, but the moment they broke his door, my brother’s seven-year-old son ran out of the house and Ikira shot him in the head. The boy died on the spot.
He stated, “A search party was not formed because everyone was overwhelmed with the killing of my brother’s son. The kidnappers contacted one of my uncles eight days after and demanded N3m ransom. We negotiated and one of our relatives, known as Musa took N1m to them. My brother was released after 10 days in captivity.
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