Bandits Kill 3 Kidnapped Siblings After Collecting N60m Ransom

Despite collecting N60 million ransom, bandits have killed three kidnapped siblings and a motorcycle rider in Taraba State.

The kidnappers murdered their victims in a forest near Garin Dogo in Lau Local Government Area of the state on Sunday.

They had kidnapped the three siblings of the same parents at Garin Dogo by kidnappers, demanded N100m ransom from the father of the three young men, one Alhaji Musa, a cattle dealer.

Alhaji Musa was reported to have bargained with the kidnappers and agreed on N60m ransom to his sons and the motorcycle rider who was hired to deliver the ransom to the abductors at a forest near the village.

Instead, the terrorists murdered four of them after collecting the ransom.

The victims were buried on Monday in the village.

In another development, soldiers have killed five suspected kidnappers at Maisamari town in Sardauna Local Government Area of the state on Sunday.

The suspects, who were alleged to be behind most of the kidnappings in the area, met their Waterloo while trying to kidnap a cattle dealer in the area.

The police spokesman in the state, DSP Usman Abdullahi, confirmed the two incidents.