The killers of Pa Defwan Dariye, father of former governor of Plateau State Joshua Dariye have been paraded by the Nigeria Police Force headquarters in Abuja.
Pa Dariye who was in his early 90s was kidnapped from his home in Mushere, Bokkos Local Government Area of the state in June 2020. Prior to his abduction in 2020, he was kidnapped in 2015 but reportedly rescued a few days later by vigilantes at the Nasarawa/Plateau boundary.
The 93-year-old man was killed after his abductors collected N10 million ransom from his family.
The Sun reports that the leader of the kidnap gang Jethro Nguyen, 53, an indigene of Bokos, said he had to hire ten others including some Fulani herders to successfully abduct the old man from his palace and kept him in custody for about ten days before killing him.
Nguyen, who is also the mastermind of the crime, said he gave one of the abductors the order to shoot and “kill the old man” because he could identify them.
He added that he decided to abduct the old man because he was a good target to make money as his son was a one time governor of Plateau State and senator of the Federal Republic.