Revealed: How APC leader AbdulRauf Adeniji died in kidnappers’ den

• APC manager of administration, Rauf Adeniji, who was kidnapped connected January 26, 2025, has been confirmed dead, reportedly killed by his abductors during ransom negotiations
• The kidnappers deceived Adeniji and his cousin’s household by pretending to beryllium vigilantes, gaining introduction to their location earlier abducting them and yet sidesplitting Adeniji and his cousin’s wife, Esther Adesiyan
• Adeniji’s decease was confirmed aft the rescue of 60 captives by the Nigerian Army connected April 8, but an APC chieftain, Jamiu Olawumi, successful an interview, shared much astir the incident

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The decease of Rauf Adeniji, the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s manager of administration, has sent shockwaves done the enactment and the nation.

APC chieftain shared however AbdulRauf Adeniji died successful kidnappers’ den. Photo credit: @OfficialAPCNg
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Mr Adeniji, who served arsenic the party’s Director of Administration, was kidnapped connected January 26, 2025, on with his cousin, Akinropo Adesiyan, and his wife, Esther Adesiyan, successful their location successful Kubwa, Bwari Council Area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

AbdulRauf Adekunle Adeniji, who was kidnapped immoderate weeks ago, was said to person been killed past month.

How kidnappers killed APC director

According to Vanguard, the kidnappers were said to person killed the APC chieftain portion they were inactive negotiating the outgo of a N50 cardinal ransom.

However, an APC chieftain, Jamiu Olawumi, who is privy to the incident, said the kidnappers, masquerading arsenic acrophobic citizens, alerted Mr Adeniji and Mr Adesiyan that idiosyncratic had jumped implicit their obstruction onto their premises successful the dormant of night.

In an interrogation with PremiumTimes, Olawumi said the hoodlums claimed they were determination to assistance flush retired the suspect, but it was a clever decoy to summation introduction into the premises.

“So cipher knew their information until the greeting of that incident, erstwhile immoderate radical were alerted that they saw the corpse of a woman, seemingly the woman of his cousin.“His woman was killed on the footpaths successful the bush, and they dumped her corpse beside the road. So, and that was the past we heard from them until precise recently,” helium said.

Mr Adesiyan, a lawman manager astatine the National Assembly Commission, has narrated his ordeals astatine the hands of the kidnappers, including being chained for 32 days and the sidesplitting of his woman successful his presence.

Mr Olawumi explained that the daze of Mrs Adesiyan’s execution by the kidnappers led to Mr Adeniji’s death.

“It was Adesiyan that narrated the story. He said it was the trauma and the daze of however the pistillate was assassinated by these heartless radical that got him, and past 3 hours aboriginal helium died,” helium stated.

APC unopen down nationalist office implicit AbdulRauf Adeniji's death. Image for illustration purposes. Photo credit: APC Nigeria @OfficialAPCNg
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Ransom oregon nary ransom

Speaking further, Mr Olawumi said the kidnappers demanded a ransom of N250 million, but that the national authorities explicitly instructed that nary outgo should beryllium made.

Mr Olawumi, however, could not corroborate whether a ransom was yet paid.

He added that it was aft Tuesday, April 8, Mr Adesiyan, alongside 59 others, were rescued from the Kidnappers’ den by troops of the Nigerian Army’s 1 Division, the APC and the household of Mr Adeniji knew helium had passed connected respective weeks earlier.

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AbdulRauf Adeniji's killing: APC unopen down headquarters

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the APC has announced the closure of its nationalist secretariat, known arsenic Buhari House, implicit the decease of its manager of administration, AbdulRauf Adekunle Adeniji.

AbdulRauf Adekunle Adeniji was said to person been kidnapped and subsequently killed portion a N50 cardinal ransom was being negotiated.

The APC nationalist secretary, Ajibola Basiru approved the closure of the Buhari House connected Thursday, April 10, adding that it volition beryllium effectual from Monday, April 14.

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