Four men accused of fatally shooting Pastor Ishaya Ngiki to death in an attempt to kidnap him were on Thursday, arraigned before high court in Adamawa state.
The accused persons allegedly murdered pastor Ishaya of mararaba Buki in Gombi Local Government Area, and abducted his 13 year old daughter, Solomi Ishaya.
Solomi, was said to have spent 2 days in the alleged kidnappers den until when the sum of N100, 000, was paid as ransom before releasing her.
The accused persons arraigned before the court include; Haruna Yaro, 32, a driver and Kachalla Buba Sule, 26, Sulei Haro, 29, and Abubakar Ahmadu, 23, cattle rearers.
The defendants who were arraigned before Hon. Justice Fatima Ahmed Tafida, led high court, pleaded not guilty to criminal conspiracy to commit kidnapping, and culpable homicide.
According to particulars of complaint, the defendants allegedly conspired and invaded the house of the deceased on the 8th May, 2020 in order to abduct him or any of his family members.
It added that the accused persons had while attempting to abduct him, opened fire on him which resulted to his untimely demise as certified by a medical doctor in Gombi LGA.
NEWS PLATFORM gathered that the defendants had armed themselves with AK-47 rifle, 2 dane guns, cutlasses, sticks and knives during their deadly operation.
After shooting pastor, the defendants went on and kidnapped his 13 year old daugther where she spent 2 days in the bush, until when the family members paid the sum of N100, 000 before securing her release.
In his extra judicial confessional statement, Kachalla Buba, confessed that he had participated in the operation but could not be given a dime out of the sum of N100, 000 they collected before releasing Solomi.
On his part, Abubakar Ahmadu, stated that the operation which claimed the life of the pastor was the 3 operations he participated.
Shortly after the plea of the defendants, counsel to the state, M. A. Abdullahi(SSII) applied for the adjournment of the case to enable them call witnesses and establish their case against them.
On his part, Mohammed Abubakar of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, who appeared for all the defendants could not object to the application for adjournment.
The application was granted and matter adjourned to the 31st March, 2022 for hearing.
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