KIDNAPPERS of a hotel owner, his manager and a guest abducted in Gauraka community in Tafa LGA of Niger State have shot them dead after collecting a N25 million ransom.
Pentoks News gathered that two vigilantes from the community, Abubakar Muhammad and Ibrahim Garba, who took the ransom to the kidnappers, were equally abducted and killed by the bandits.
An ex-Chairman of Tafa LGA and relative of one of the vigilantes, Yau Ahmad, disclosed this journalists, saying the victims were shot dead in the Dogon-Daji Forest which borders Kaduna and Niger States, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
He said that the remains of the victims were taken to the Air Force base close to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, following their discovery in the bush.
The commander of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) in Tafa, Hussaini Abubakar, said the remains of his colleagues were laid to rest on Saturday, following a clearance from the Army.
He further said that a man abducted from the community about a month earlier was rescued with gunshot injuries and was in an Army medical facility in Abuja.