Suspected kidnapper who allegedly killed 80-year-old victim despite collecting ransom apprehended in Kwara

Men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State, have arrested a suspected member of a three-man inter-state kidnap gang, Boodoo Musa Alhaji, for alleged kidnapping and murder.

The gang had allegedly kidnapped an 80-year-old man, Alhaji Abba in Eruwa, Oyo State, collected ransom, and later killed him.

Confirming his arrest to newsmen, the Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC, Kwara command, Olasunkanmi Ayeni, said the suspect who is an ex-convict committed the crime in Eruwa, Oyo while he was arrested at Banni community in the Kaiama local government area of Kwara State over the weekend.

He added that he was arrested as a result of information sharing among sister security agencies and the assistance of members of the public. He said the ransom and other arrested suspects are with the Police in Oyo state.

The suspect however told newsmen he was not a kidnapper, but a farmer.

“I was arrested because the victim had told one Alhaji Isiaka, a member of a vigilante group in the area before the development, that I should be arrested if anything happened to him,” he said.