Residents flee Benue community as kidnappers k!ll prominent farmer after receiving N5.4m ransom

Kidnappers have k!lled a prominent Benue farmer and businessman, Terzungwe Shaku, shortly after receiving N5.4m ransom from his family for his release. 

Shaku was abducted shortly before the New Year in Akor village, Nzorov Council Ward in Guma Local Government Area of the state and held hostage for over two weeks.

Locals said initially, the kidnappers demanded N20 million but the family negotiated N5.4 million, which they agreed and the family paid.

It was learnt that residents of Akor and nearby villages in Nzorov Council Ward of Guma LGA have begun fleeing the area for fear of further attacks.

SA local further disclosed that the gunmen reportedly shot Shaku moments after his family left the drop-off point, stressing that upon hearing gunshots, the family rushed back to find his lifeless body.

A spokesperson for the Benue State Police Command, SP Catherine Anene, said she did not yet have any information about the incident.