A trader identified as Njoku Michael described how he was tricked by a Fulani herdsman into helping to kidnap some American returnees during the previous Christmas and New Year celebrations, while he was paraded in Ebonyi State with sixteen other suspects.
According to reports, the disclosure was made while he was being paraded at the state headquarters in Abakaliki, the capital of the state, by Joshua Akandu, the spokesperson for the Ebonyi State Police Command.
According to Vanguard, it was reported that Michael, confirmed that they received a ransom of N40 million, consisting of both naira and dollars, for the kidnapping.
Michael, who is from Abia State, said: “We were four persons who carried out the kidnap but it was only two of us who were captured by the police and we do not know where the others are. We did not kill anybody, the lady who died was out of fear, we did not shoot anybody.”
Further talking, he said that the man who involved him, is a Fulani man, and he is his very good customer. He claimed he buys things from him at his shop where he sold provisions before he was lured into the illegal business. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
