Two people have been shot dead by kidnappers in their captivity over delay in the payment of ransom in Gwargwada, Kuje Area Council of the FCT.

The two victims, Mohammed Danladi and Nasiru Yusuf, natives of Gwargwada village, were abducted alongside a herder and a woman at Gwombe junction, along the Gwargwada-Rubochi road on Wednesday.

The kidnappers demanded N500,000 each for the two victims but the families were only able to raise N500,000, according to a member of the deceased’s families, Shuaibu Abdullahi.

Abdullahi explained, “The kidnappers’ leader called on Friday, and the family members told them that they were only able to raise N500,000 not knowing that they had already killed two of them because the family delayed in paying the ransom.”

The kidnappers, he said, later released the herder and a woman after they collected N3 million ransom at their hideout in Kotonkarfe forest in Kogi State.

Ugbada Alhaji Hussaini Agabi Mam, the traditional ruler of Gwargwada, confirmed the incident, saying the two deceased, who were natives of Gwargwada, were abducted on their way from Rubochi.

He said that unfortunately, the two young men were killed by their abductors simply because of the delay in paying the ransom they demanded.

There is no immediate response from the FCT Police Command on the incident.