{"id":2648,"date":"2021-03-04T05:21:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T04:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=2648"},"modified":"2021-03-04T05:21:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T04:21:05","slug":"photos-sokoto-businessman-who-was-kidnapped-by-bandits-has-been-killed-after-payment-of-n5m-ransom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/04\/photos-sokoto-businessman-who-was-kidnapped-by-bandits-has-been-killed-after-payment-of-n5m-ransom\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Sokoto businessman who was kidnapped by bandits has been killed after payment of N5m ransom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Armed men suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed the Sokoto businessman identified as Alhaji Rabi&#8217;u Amarawa who was kidnapped on Monday after collecting N5 million as ransom.<\/p>\n<p>WITHIN NIGERIA had earlier reported that residents mourn as Armed men suspected to be <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/02\/photos-bandits-kidnap-wealthy-businessman-kill-10-in-sokoto-village\/\">bandits attacked Amarawa village in Ilela local government area of Sokoto state on Monday, March 1 and killed ten persons while others sustained degrees of injuries<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the tragic incident, an undisclosed family source confirmed the latest development on Wednesday, March 3.<\/p>\n<p>The source stated that the businessman was killed after the payment of the N5 million ransom.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">&#8220;We were reliably told about his death and people have gone into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/03\/just-in-suspected-herdsmen-abduct-many-travellers-kill-one-in-osun\/\">forest<\/a> to recover his body.&#8221;\u00a0he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2649 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/04\/603f96a3803eb.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/04\/603f96a3803eb.png 800w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/04\/603f96a3803eb-229x300.png 229w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/04\/603f96a3803eb-782x1024.png 782w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/04\/603f96a3803eb-768x1006.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2650 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/04\/603f96d082df2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"766\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/04\/603f96d082df2.png 766w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/04\/603f96d082df2-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/04\/603f96d082df2-279x220.png 279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armed men suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed the Sokoto businessman identified as Alhaji Rabi&#8217;u Amarawa who was kidnapped on Monday after collecting N5 million as ransom. 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