Abducted Kano businessman corpse found in Kogi State after paying N6m ransom

The body of a Kano-based businessman, Yahaya Hassan Musa, has been found in a Kogi State forest after the family paid N6million ransom.

Hassan Musa, 39-year-old, was abducted by shooters on his way back home from Cotonou, Benin Republic, after a business trip.

He was allegedly kidnapped on Thursday, in a forest around Mopa area of Kogi State, with the kidnappers demanding N10m and later slashing it to N6m

According to his brother, Abubakar Hassan Musa, who took the N6m to the kidnappers, his brother used to fly whenever he travelled, but on that fateful trip, he decided to return by road.

The incident started on Thursday, when the victim, who is married with two kids, was coming back from Cotonou, Benin Republic, after a business trip and was kidnapped in a forest around Mopa area of Kogi State, with the kidnappers demanding N10m and later slashing it to N6m.

“The following day I continued searching until a woman kidnapped alongside my brother called me and said they killed him before even collecting the ransom, but she didn’t know where they dumped his body.

“I went back to the nearby town and hired hunters to get back into the forest and search for the corpse. After trekking many kilometres, we found his decomposing corpse,” he said.

According to his brother, after they consulted the family in Kano, they buried him inside the forest because of his decomposing body.

He noted that they buried him according to Islamic rites because he couldn’t find a bus to carry him to Kano.