A tragic incident has occurred in Jere town, Kaduna State, where bandits shot and killed a 27-year-old man named Abba after he delivered a ransom of N16 million and three motorcycles for the release of nine kidnapped victims.
Security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, reported via X that the abduction occurred on April 16, 2024, when bandits attacked homes in Unguwar Iya, Jere, and kidnapped nine residents, initially demanding a N30 million ransom.
Shuaibu Hussaini, a local resident, confirmed the killing in a telephone interview, stating that the incident happened last Saturday. Abba, who had been negotiating with the bandits, went to deliver the agreed-upon ransom to the group’s leader at a designated location in the area. “The bandits’ leader, after collecting the ransom and the bikes, tied Abba with a rope and opened fire on him,” Hussaini reported.
According to Hussaini, the motive behind the killing was revealed by one of the released victims. “It was one of the victims who was among those released who said the bandits’ leader claimed that they decided to kill Abba for being rude to him during negotiation of the ransom.”
The bandits callously informed the victim’s family about his fate. “When one of the family members tried to find out Abba’s whereabouts after delivering the ransom, the bandits’ leader asked the family to go to a particular location and pick up his corpse,” Hussaini added.
The community is in grief over the incident. “Hussaini said the death of Abba has thrown not only his family into mourning but the entire Jere chiefdom as well.
The Kaduna State Police Command is yet to comment on the incident, the report noted.
