After demanding N500,000 in ransom, gunmen believed to be kidnappers assassinated Abdulmalik Tukur, a graduate of Yola, Adamawa State’s Modibbo Adama University (MAU).
According to a source close to the family, the victim, who completed his NYSC this year (2022) with others, was kidnapped, according to the Daily Post in Kaduna on Monday.
He claims that the 32-year-old victim, who had just returned to his father’s home in the Vinkilang town outside of Yola after finishing his service year in Plateau State, was abducted together with six other people.
While Tukur was held captive and other victims were freed after paying an N400,000 ransom, the man claimed.
According to him, after several hours of negotiation, it was agreed that N500,000 should be paid as ransom.
He said the money was taken to the bandits in their forest.
“Unfortunately, as the victim turned to leave, they shot him, killing him instantly,” the source said.
SP Sulaiman Nguroje, the spokesman for the Adamawa Police Command, said he was yet to receive any report on the incident.
