Istifanus Bello Gurama, a senior strategist with
Dangote Industries Limited, who was reportedly kidnapped three weeks ago, has
been murdered.Reliable sources say Gurama’s body was found in the gutter,
adding that one of the kidnappers must have alerted a member of the public to
where the body was.
Gurama was believed to have been kidnapped three weeks ago
but news of his murder got to his family members Monday.Sources close to him
told our correspondent that as a senior strategist, Gurama was in charge of
negotiations and handing ransom payment to kidnappers whenever any of the
expatriates in Dangote Industries was kidnapped.
The day Gurama was allegedly kidnapped, he was said
to have gone, as usual, to negotiate and pay ransom money for the release of
one of the expatriates. However, on getting there, the kidnappers reportedly
said he was the one they were after and he was subsequently detained.A close
friend who refused to be named said Gurama showed him some of the videos of his
negotiations with kidnappers.During a visit to her on Monday, Gurama‘s wife of
20 years, Amina, was inconsolable.
She lamented, “Gurama was a lovely person, if he is
not in the house one day, the children will be asking after him endlessly.“Now,
I do not know what to tell the children because he is always chatting with them
on social media and phone and for three weeks since his disappearance, they
have been wondering where he was because all his activities on social media
ceased and the children have observed that it is quite unlike him.”A key source
in the Dangote Industries who confirmed the kidnap however reacted to the news
of Gurama’s murder with surprise.
When contacted, the Head, Media of the firm, Mr.
Tony Chiejina who said Gurama was very close to him, also reacted with surprise
to the news of his death.He informed our correspondent that he will make some
calls and get back to her.But he has yet to do that as at the time of going to
the press.
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