Arrested killers of Dariye’s father collected N10m, still killed him

The Police on Wednesday mentioned they’ve arrested eight suspects over the kidnap and homicide of 93-year-old Mr Defwan Dariye, father of former Governor of Plateau, Mr Joshua Dariye.

The Power Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this throughout a media briefing in Abuja.

He mentioned the nonagenarian was kidnapped by the suspects and held incommunicado for eight days in a really unhygienic situation.

In response to him, after a protracted negotiation, a ransom of N10 million was paid to the abductors and relatively than setting him free, he was murdered.

Mba mentioned the incident occurred in June 2020, including that after recovering the sufferer’s physique, detectives from the Intelligence Response Unit and different police investigators swung into motion to uncover the perpetrators.

“Throughout the final 30 days, the police had been capable of make large progress that led to the arrest of the eight key suspects that performed main roles within the kidnap and homicide of the ex-governor’s father.

“All of the suspects, besides only a few of them, had been from the identical village in Bokkos Native Authorities Space with the murdered sufferer.

“This maybe defined why they took the very depraved and dear determination of murdering the previous man,” he mentioned.

He mentioned the crime was initiated by the eldest suspect, who recognized the sufferer, recruited males that executed the operations and dealt with the distribution of the ransom.

Mba mentioned three suspects had been additionally arrested on Aug. 28 in a border neighborhood between Nasarawa and Taraba after months of intensive monitoring.

He mentioned the suspects had been arrested over illegal procurement, distribution and promoting of weapons to end- customers who had been largely criminals, kidnappers, bandits, terrorists and armed robbers.

In response to him, the suspects had been arrested after operatives of the Intelligence Response Staff mounted a sting operation that was intelligence pushed and clinically executed.

Mba mentioned a complete of 26 AK47 magazines, one AK49 riffle and its magazines, in addition to 14 dwell ammunition for AK47 riffle, had been recovered from the suspects.

He mentioned the suspects can be charged to court docket upon the conclusion of investigation.