In a horrifying incident in the Dutse area of the Federal Capital Territory, three young girls who were kidnapped met a gruesome fate at the hands of their abductors.
The perpetrators, suspected to be herdsmen, invaded Sagwari Layout Estate in Dutse on Sunday, January 7, where they abducted ten individuals, including two hotel workers and eight residents.
After the kidnappings, the criminals demanded ransom from the victims’ families. Regrettably, due to the families’ inability to meet the ransom demands promptly, the kidnappers mercilessly murdered some of the victims, seemingly as a tactic to increase pressure on the families.
Over the weekend, four lifeless bodies were discovered dumped at Ida, near Ushafa in Bwari Area Council. Among the identified victims are Folorunsho Ariyo, a secondary school student, and Nabeeeha Al-kadriyar.
Folorunsho was the daughter of the Chief Legal Officer of the National University Commission (NUC), hailing from Ekiti State, as reported by the Nigerian Tribune.
According to family sources, the kidnappers wanted N60 million in exchange for the release of Folorunsho, her mother, and her three siblings; however, they were only able to raise roughly N5 million.
“Talks were still ongoing, and as of last Friday, we were optimistic about a positive outcome until we were contacted to pick up her body,” a family source said.
The other family members remain with their kidnappers, but the teenage girl was buried on Sunday, January 14, 2024, in Dutse Cemetery, Abuja.
In Nabeeha’s situation, she was abducted along with her father and five sisters. However, her father was released to procure the ransom for the freedom of his children.
Tragically, Alhaji Abdulfatai, the uncle who led police officers to intervene in the kidnapping, lost his life as he was shot dead by the perpetrators
