The Nigeria Police has arrested the killers of Pa Defwan Dariye, the father of former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye.
The 93-year-old was killed after his abductors collected N10 million ransom from his family.
Commissioner of Police in charge Force Public Relations, CP Frank Mba while parading the eight (8) suspects arrested in connection with the murder of Pa Dariye disclosed that the kidnappers killed the harmless senior citizen even after collecting ransom of #10million saying “it is a case of unfortunate incident laced with wickedness”.
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CP Mba said, Pa Dariye who is a native of Orop Community in Bokkos Local Government area of Plateau state was kidnapped in June 2020 and held incommunicado for eight (8) days; kept in a very unsanitary condition and fed in a manner not befitting of an elder citizen of his age.
“A ransom of #10million was paid to the kidnappers. Rather than let the old man go home, they went on to murder him in cold blood on the orders of their sponsor, one Mr. Jetro Ngusen 57 years, also a native from Orop in Bokkos LGA.
“After recovering the body of the murdered Dariye, detectives of IRT and other Police Operatives spent months investigating and searching for the killers. Within the last 30 days, we were able to arrest 8 suspects that played key roles in the kidnapping and killing of Pa Dariye.
Mba named some of the suspects as Abubakar Mohammed, Titus Ezekiel, Sunday Ibrahim, Mangut Suwa, Jetro Ngusen, Dauda Isa and others noting, “Unfortunately, all the 8 suspects who played key roles are from the same village with Pa Dariye, Orop, in Bokkos LGA of Plateau State.
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Speaking during the parade, Mangut Suwa confessed that It was Jetro Ngusen who recruited them for the job that told him to kill Pa Dariye and provided him the gun; on the grounds that “Pa Dariye’s son, Joshua was governor for 8 years and later Senator for another 8 years, but there was nothing to show as development in their community while the youths are unemployed and roaming the streets”.
When questioned by journalists, Mr. Jetro Ngusen said, “Yes I was the one who sent them but if you give children assignment and your children go and mess the assignment, then it is unfortunate. My mission was not to kill him but collect ransom.
CP Mba added, “Jetro is unrepentant over the murder of Pa Dariye. All he is concerned with is the collection of the ransom because he sees nothing wrong with killing of the old man. Investigations showed that the bulk of persons who planned this crime are all known to the Dariye family.
He warned, “All crimes especially kidnapping are local. Hardly will anybody come to your community to carry out kidnapping without an insider. So my adviser is that we should all be vigilant of friends even among family members.
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