Pa Benson Adigio-Eseni, the 87-year-old abducted uncle of the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, has died while being held up by his abductors.
His kidnappers, upon his death, buried him in a shallow grave at the entrance of Kula community which is a border town between Rivers and Bayelsa State.
Although, the state Police Command is set to carry out an autopsy on the remains to come to terms with what caused his death, a suspect apprehended by the police explained how the old man died.
The 27-year-old suspect, whose name was given as Nelson, disclosed that their victim died in the creeks on August 14.
Nelson, an indigene of Rofogbene in Burutu local government area of Delta State, confessed that the octogenarian had already died before they could collect N5million ransom from his family.
The suspect who claimed to have completed his secondary school said he was forced by the leader of the gang to join in the criminal act.
Identifying their gang leader as Ebino, Nelson said they bought a Turaya phone from Robinson Plaza in Warri, Delta State, with which they established contact with their victim’s family to negotiate for ransom. He confessed to collecting N250,000 as his share of the ransom at the end of the deal.
He, however, said the octogenarian would not have died if the gang leader had listened to the gang’s earlier pleas to let him go.
According to him, “we begged the leader to release the man because as at that time, the family had refused to discuss ransom.
“The old man looked sick. At night, while he was eating, he started choking and slumped. We rushed to his aid, but he died before we could help him,” he narrated.
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