The lie of a secondary school pupil, Rilwanu Sadiq, has been brought to an abrupt and painful end in Bauchi State.
The pupil was killed by a gang that kidnapped him, after collecting N4.5m from his physician dad.
According to a report in ‘PremiumTimes’, the father, simply identified as Dr Sadiq, works at the Abubakar Tafawa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.
He was said to be at work when he got the news of his son’s abduction.
He immediately reported the matter to the neighbourhood security outfit as well as the state police.
He was quoted as saying his son’s abductors contacted him and initially demanded N3 million ransom which he paid. Afterwards they demanded for another N1.5 million. He said he had to pay so he could get reunited with his son.
“We were giving them at intervals. They got ?2 million hand-to-hand from me. The balance of ?2.5 was paid into about five bank accounts. But they kept asking for more. That was when I said I can’t bear it anymore, not knowing that they will even kill my son,” Dr Sadiq told Premiumtimes
The corpse of his son was exhumed from a shallow ditch inside an uncompleted building not far from their home on Sunday April 12. The distraught Father said he believes that his son’s killers, based on his kidnap and where his body was buried, are well acquainted with his family.
Commenting on the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, Kamal Datti, said two persons have been arrested in connection with the death.
“Two suspects have been arrested in relation to the death, and investigation is on” Datti said
