KIDNAPPERS on Saturday seized a 29-year-old aide of the Secretary to the Niger State Government, Dr. Yahaya Kuta, Mr. Mustapha Muhammed, from his residence in Bosso area of Minna and murdered him.

Muhammed, who completed his mandatory National Youth Service Corps programme with the Niger State Government last year, was retained in the state’s civil service following his outstanding performance as an information communication technologist.

He was attached to the office of the SSG as a special assistant on Information Communication Technology.

About 24 hours after he was kidnapped, Muhammed’s corpse was on Sunday found in an uncompleted building in NIPOST Quarters in Minna.

Speaking in an interview with our correspondent, the SSG described the incident as “very unfortunate and saddening.”

He said the deceased was a brilliant and hardworking young man who had a lot to offer towards the development of the society.

He said, “When the news of his abduction came to our notice, we thought it was like the other cases of kidnap where the kidnappers would demand a ransom. We informed the security agents and efforts were being made on how to trace him.”

Muhammed, who hailed from Plateau State, was buried in Minna on Sunday.

The state government sent a delegation led by the Permanent Secretary (Political) in the office of the SSG, Alhaji Abbas Bello, to Jos to commiserate with the deceased’s family members.

Kidnapping has now gone to another dimension.

I do not know of any kidnap victim that has been killed by the kidnappers in the south east. This is double trouble: kidnap and murder.

There were no ransom demands, so it's probably just a murder case.

mekusxxx:

I do not know of any kidnap victim that has been killed by the kidnappers in the south east. This is double trouble: kidnap and murder.

They've been kidnapping and killing in Benin City for a while now

texazzpete:

There were no ransom demands, so it's probably just a murder case.

They've been kidnapping and killing in Benin City for a while now

Benin City is not in the South East. Abi dem don change Nigeria map?

This is likely to be regarded as hire killers.

That guy was murdered not a kidnapping case as such. Or was there a ransom demand ?

That was just pure murder.

The guy hails from plateau and was working in Niger (minna) hmm, is this a case of non indigene working in a LGA being killed? Am I the only one seeing the connection. Coz this looks like a murder case.