Kogi: Anger in Ejule over killing of butcher after herder’s invitation to buy cow

A month after a popular butcher, Malam Seidu in Ejule, Ofu Local Government Council was killed after he was invited to buy a cow for his normal business, anger continue to trail his killing by the Fulani herder that invited him.

CAPITAL POST gathered that the butcher was invited by a Fulani man to Achigili village in Biraidu District, also in Dekina LGA, informing him that a cattle has been put up for sales, which he never hesitated to honour the information being his normal business as a meat vendor.

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The source said, it was agreed on phone that the cow would be sold for N2,000,000, and without any hint of surreptitious motive, Seidu gladly travelled to Achigili after informing his family on his mission, a journey he never returned.

Days later, his family received a call from his captors suspected to be Fulani men demanding a ₦2 million ransom. The ransom was paid, but Mr. Seidu was not released, and there was no further trace of him.

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Following a report, the police swung into action and arrested two Fulani men. During interrogation, the suspects confessed to killing Mr. Seidu and led security operatives to the location where his body was buried in a shallow grave.

When contacted, the Police Officer in Ejule, who declined to disclose his name confirmed the incident and told our correspondent they have sufficient information for prosecution of the suspects.

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