Abducted bank staff dies after paying N11m ransom in Abuja

Austin Ilom, a bank employee from Suleja, has sadly lost his life after being abducted by kidnappers in the nation’s capital.

The abduction took place in Kubwa, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), where Ilom resided.

Joe Igbokwe, a prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), shared the distressing news on his official Facebook page.

According to Igbokwe, the assailants abducted Austin about three weeks ago and demanded a ransom of N50 million for his release.

He said his bank “refused to help him because he was kidnapped at home and not on duty, his brother-in-law, a serving senator, also insisted he would not do anything until the bank brought their own contribution for his release.

“He ended up bringing only 3m, his friends and colleagues in the office raised 11.5m in total.

“Kidnappers collected the 11m and asked them to go and get the balance, days later kidnappers called that they should come and pick him”.

However, according to the Facebook post, the family of the deceased had gone to pick him up but “shortly after he got to Bwari hospital, he asked for water, before they brought him the water, he gave up’.

When contacted on Wednesday, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh said, “I am trying to get information about this”.