Ogbeche, who worked as a labourer on Ediagbonya’s palm tree farm at Utese village, Okada area of the state, explained that he got N100,000 out of the N1m ransom paid for the victim’s release. He is the deceased’s former worker on his palm tree farm at Utese. I used to work with the commissioner as a labourer on his palm tree farm and he paid me N10,000 per month. While he was visiting me on the farm, Paul had told my boss that he wanted to work with him. He added, “The day they kidnapped the man, Paul told me and I was scared.

Source: Punch July 31, 2020 23:37 UTC