A 21-year-old young man, identified as Micah Isaiah but also known as Leo Wire has reportedly been killed by his friend —an ex-militant— out of jealously.
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According to reports surrounding Isaiah’s death, he was killed on May 12th around Willow Wood hotel in Owerri, Imo state’s capital.
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Isaiah was reported to be close friends with his killer a supposed ex-militant— who hired some men to k i d n a p Isaiah after Isaiah acquired a Lexus SUV.
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It’s reported that Isaiah’s friend became jealous after he bought his new car. This prompted him to kidnap Isaiah with the aid of other men who disguised themselves in military uniforms.
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They forced him into “unidentified cars without plate numbers” and drove him along with his car to Anambra, where they held him hostage and demanded N4million as ransom.
Isaiah’s a b d u c t o r s contacted his younger brother to pay the r a n s o me but he couldn’t afford it as he had just b u r i e d their mother — aburial Leo didn’t attend because he had been a b d u c t e d
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When the men didn’t receive the r a n s o m, they emptied Leo’s account and then killed him.
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It’s reported that one of the suspects was caught while making plans to sell Isaiah’s Lexus-350 SUV. With this, they informed the SARS division in Owerri, who took action and tracked his phone, his car, and the bank account the money was transferred into.
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One of the suspects was nabbed in the process who then took the SARS operatives to the bush where Leo’s body was dumped.
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The kidnapper —Isaiah’s friend— who had on a Nigerian military sweater, confessed to the crime and revealed he was once a soldier and was dismissed in 2018. He then went on to name his accomplices, one of whom he says is also a soldier.
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He confessed that they accused Isaiah of being a fraudster before they apprehended him. He added that he and his accomplices used a huge stone to kill Leo and thereafter poured a substance on him.
