Kidnappers have reportedly killed four of eleven residents of the Sagwari Estate Layout in the Dutsen-Alhaji area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, including a 13-year-old secondary school student identified as Folorunsho Ariyo.
Kidnappers had invaded the Sagwari community on Sunday, January 7, at about 7:30 pm, and kidnapped 11 residents, including Folorunsho’s mother and her three siblings, a receptionist and barman from a nearby hotel.
It was gathered that Folorunsho and Nabeeha Al-kadriyar’s remains were among four corpses of kidnapped victims dumped at Ida, near Ushafa in Bwari Area Council.
Folorunsho was said to be the daughter of Ekiti State-born Chief Legal Officer of the National University Commission (NUC).
Family sources said that the kidnappers had demanded the sum of N60 million ransom to release members of the Ariyo family who could only raise about N5 million.
“Talks were still ongoing and as of last Friday, we were optimistic of a positive outcome until we were contacted to pick up her body,” a family source said.
Folorunsho Ariyo was buried on Sunday, January 14, 2024, in Dutse Cemetery, Abuja while the other members of the family remain with their abductors.
