Gunmen Kill ABU Graduate, Brother and demand N20m ransom on bereaved wife
Salisu Maku, the kidnapped son of Mr. Usman Maku, who was kidnapped in Gudi, was found dead yesterday amid the funeral of his sister, Sahadatu, who was shot dead by kidnappers on Tuesday.
With Salisu’s wife still in captivity, the bandits demanded N20 million.
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers had invaded the home of the elder brother to Labaran Maku in Gudi, the hometown of Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule, and killed his daughter. They also abducted his eldest son, Salisu who is a Senior immigration officer, and the wife, Asamawu.
According to a resident of Gudi, Mr. Kaura Danladi, over 10 gunmen invaded the town at about 8p.m. on Tuesday, shooting sporadically and headed for Maku’s residence, some 200 metres away from the governor’s.
Danladi said that Maku’s daughter, who graduated from the pharmacy dept, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria and currently awaiting national services was shot through the window by the bandits. She died while being rushed to the hospital by family members.
After the daughter was buried at the family compound, there was pandemonium yesterday when news came that the lifeless body of Salisu had been found a few metres away from the house.
According to Jonah Yakubu, the kidnappers are demanding N20 million before the release of Salisu’s wife.
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“Uncle, Usman Sule Maku is a retired police officer who served in the former Plateau State where he lived in Barkin Ladi for years and had to relocate to settle in Gudi Station because of the protracted crisis!” He said
Meanwhile, Governor Sule has convened a state-wide security meeting at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Lafia.
In his opening speech, the governor emphasized his administration’s determination to ensure peace and security of lives and property in the state.
Sule, however, told Fulani chiefs to tame the criminal activities of their own in the state, warning that his administration would not tolerate any form of criminality by any group or persons.
Urging traditional and religious leaders to uphold ethnic and religious tolerance in the interest of peace in the state, he appealed to participants at the meeting chaired by the Emir of Lafia, Justice Sidi Bage, to come up with workable solutions to insecurity in the state.
Last week, over 30 passengers were kidnapped by gunmen along Mararaba Udege/Loko highway and nothing has been heard about them since then.
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