The Nigeria police force says it arrested two suspects in connection with the kidnap and death of Audu Benedict, a medical doctor.<\/p>\n
Benedict, 70, was kidnapped alongside Iramon, his son, aged 32; and Samaila Akenjinba, his associate, aged 30; while travelling from Takum in Taraba state to Abuja on March 10, 2019.<\/p>\n
For several months, the abducted persons were in captivity despite paying ransom to their abductors. But they were later killed.<\/p>\n
In a statement on Monday, Frank Mba, police spokesperson, said two suspects have been arrested in the connection with the incident.<\/p>\n
He identified the suspects as Henry Terkula, 25, and Terhile Tsavbe, a 30-year-old indigene of Benue state.<\/p>\n
Mba said the criminal gang received N7.5 million as ransom, including the forced issuance of a N500,000 cheque which was cashed in a bank in the state.<\/p>\n
He said despite the ransom paid, the suspects killed the victims and buried them at Gawa in Katsina-ala LGA of Benue state.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team arrested two (2) suspects for the kidnap of a Medical Doctor, Audu Benedict, his son and one of his associates in Katsina-ala LGA, Benue State while travelling from Taraba State to Abuja on 10th March, 2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspects, Henry Terkula Gwa \u2018m\u2019 25yrs from Donga LGA of Benue State and Terhile Tsavbe, \u2018m\u2019 30yrs from Gawa village, Katsina-ala LGA of Benue State were arrested on the 6th and 11th June, 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigations revealed that the criminal gang collected 7.5 million naira as ransom from the families of the victims as condition for their release.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspects forced the late Dr Audu Benedict to issue them a cheque of N500,000 which they cashed in a commercial bank in Gboko town, Benue State. Subsequently, the suspects killed the three (3) victims and had them buried in a shallow grave at Gawa in Katsina-ala LGA of Benue State.<\/p>\n
Mba added that \u201cefforts are being intensified to arrest other suspects still at large and the police team is on the verge of exhuming the remains of the slain victims\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Nigeria police force says it arrested two suspects in connection with the kidnap and death of Audu Benedict, a medical doctor. Benedict, 70, was kidnapped alongside Iramon, his son, aged 32; and Samaila Akenjinba, his associate, aged 30; while travelling from Takum in Taraba state to Abuja on March 10, 2019. For several months, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":106949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,15,2],"tags":[54378,483],"yoast_head":"\n