Father of 3 abducted, killed by friend

MAKURDI — A 39-year-old father of
three, Tartseagh Boshien, has been
reportedly kidnapped and killed by a gang
allegedly led by his friend (names
withheld) in Makurdi, the Benue State
capital.
Vanguard gathered from a reliable source
that the deceased who was a senior
driver with the Benue State Urban
Development Board left his Makurdi
home last weekend to attend a wedding
ceremony at Udei, in Guma Local
Government Area.
According to our source, "he did not make
it to that wedding ceremony as he was
kidnapped and taken to Adaka, a
community located in the outskirts of
Makurdi town.
"His kidnappers waylaid him on his way to
Udei and took him at gunpoint to a bush
at Adaka village where they forced him to
drink a poisonous substance.
"After they made him drink the
substance, he was asked to make a call to
his wife and family members to bid them
farewell. But while making the call, he
passed out, but his abductors, who were
led by his supposed friend, abandoned
him in the bush and fled.
"Luckily, a group of farmers discovered
him and used his cellphone to contact his
wife, informing her of her husband's
condition and location.
"His family members hurriedly mobilised
to the scene from where they took him
to the Makurdi Federal Medical Centre,
where he managed to narrate his ordeal
and his people immediately alerted the
Police.
"And as fate would have it, the leader of
the gang trailed him to the hospital,
probably to ensure that their victim
actually died.
"On sighting the leader of the gang of
kidnappers, though he was still conscious
but could no longer speak, recognized his
supposed friend, made gesticulations to
his family members, informing them that
the friend was part of the gang that
abducted him.
"The supposed friend was immediately
arrested by the Police and is currently
being detained and interrogated by
detectives at the state command
headquaters but unfortunately we lost
Tartseagh few minutes later."
Contacted, the Police Public Relations
Officer, PPRO, Deputy Suprintendent
Daniel Ezeala said the command had
commenced full scale investigations into
the matter.