Kidnappers who abducted ten people from an estate in Sagwari Layout, Dutse, Abuja, on January 7 allegedly killed three of their victims to send a strong message to their family negotiating a ransom payment.
The development came as it was reported that the bandits had boosted their demand from the initial N60 million per individual to N100 million, totaling N700 million.
Residents claimed the victims were killed due to a 'delay' in raising the ransom required by the kidnappers.
Torizone learned that a 13-year-old high school student named Folorunsho Ariyo was among those killed.
Only on Sunday did it emerge that the kidnappers, who also operated in some Bwari areas, had killed one of the six abducted people in order to push the family to pay the demanded ransom promptly.
Dutse is a settlement in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Residents of Sagwari Layout, pressed against the wall, have devised plans to hold a major demonstration over the government's and security agencies' apparent failure to rescue their relatives.
Originally scheduled for Monday, the protest was moved to Tuesday due to Armed Forces Remembrance Day.
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