Man in Hot Soup for Accepting N50,000 to Abduct, Kill Victim

 

The Bauchi State Police Command said it had on Saturday, apprehended the 40 year-old man who was allegedly hired for a fee of N50,000, to abduct and kill one Tahiru Sulaiman of Nabordo town in Bauchi State.

The the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the arrest is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Haruna Mohammed, on Monday.

It said the culprit (name withheld), a resident of Gulawa village in Toro Local Government area of Bauchi, was hired by a 25 year-old resident of Zaranda village in Bauchi, to carry out the heinous crime and that investigations have begun.

The command said the culprit, who posed as a member of a vigilante group before abducting his victim, had already received N5, 000 as advance payment, before police waded in and rescued the victim, following intelligence report.