How I killed my brother after N120,000 ransom — Suspect opens up

Ibrahim Isa, alias Yellow, has confessed how he lured his brother, Kabiru Mohammed into the bush in connivance with a friend, held him hostage for five days and killed him after collecting N120,000 ransom.

The suspect who made the confession during a parade of nine alleged criminals at the Kaduna State Police Command headquarters, said it was his friend who encouraged him into the act of kidnapping.

He said it was his first attempt and it landed him in police net.

According to the suspect, they kept the deceased with them for five days, tortured him to death even after N120, 000 was received from the family as ransom.

Although he said, it was not their intension to kill him, Isa said the victim suddenly gave up while he was being beaten.

Police spokesperson, DSP Muhammad Jalige, who paraded the suspects, said, “On the 30th March, 2023 at about 14:28hours, one Ismail Mohammed, of Maijere village Saminaka, came to the Divisional Police Headquarters Saminaka and reported that on the 4th March, 2023.The suspect Ibrahim Isa alias yellow conspired with One Mai-kunu now at large, kidnapped his brother Kabiru Mohammed of same address, took him to an unknown destination and demanded N5,000,000 ransom, that after collecting the sum of  N120,000 from the family they went ahead and killed the victim.”

Jalige said the command within the last few weeks arrested 503 suspects for various crimes including armed banditry, armed robbery, theft, cattle rustling, culpable homicide, rape, burglary, vandalism of rail tracks and other related crimes.

He said four AK47 rifles, three revolver pistols, two pump action guns, 2,800 railway slippers, nine vehicles of different brands, two tricycles, 209 rounds of AK47 live ammunition, 129 rustled cattle, eight sheep and two bags of dry leaves suspected to be indian hemp were recovered.