January 09, (THEWILL) – A traditional ruler in Plateau State, the Mishkam Mwagavul, Da Nelson Andak Bakfur, died on December 28, 2021, while negotiating with the abductors of another monarch, the Sum Pyem of Gindiri, Charles Mayo Dakat, on the ransom to be paid for his release....CONTINUE READING
THEWILL was informed at the palace of the late Mishkam Mwagavul last Friday that he was in touch with the kidnappers, who had demanded a ransom of N500 million in exchange for their victim’s freedom.
According to a source at the palace, the Mishkam Mwagavul had urged the kidnappers to reduce the ransom, insisting that both he and the abducted monarch had nobody that could mobilise the sum demanded for his release.
Unknown to the Mishkam Mwagavul and others around, the kidnappers had a mole and informant in the palace, who was reporting developments around the palace in relation to the negotiation to the kidnappers in their hideout.
Death came via a phone call to the Mishkam after a sympathiser donated an undisclosed sum of money to the ransom project and left.
According to the source, the kidnappers called the Mishkam and told him how much he received as donation, noting that the sum received as one person’s contribution contradicted the Mishkam’s claim that he and the abducted Sum Pyem were not worth #500m.
Angrily the criminals told the Mishkam that the negotiation had collapsed and the next line of action was to kidnap the Mishkam himself and eliminate him.
At this point, the source said, the Mishkam, who had his heart related health challenges and was billed for routine and programmed checkup early this year, broke down and all efforts to revive him failed and he passed away.
When THE WILL paid a visit to the palace of the late Mishkam Mwagavul, the irony in the protocol arrangements was that the Sum Pyem, whose release was being negotiated by the late Mishkam Mwagavul, became the chief mourner receiving and entertaining sympathisers who arrived in droves on a condolence visit.
Among notable sympathisers who were at palace of the deceased last Friday were the Forum of former Speakers of the Plateau State House of Assembly led by Hon Idi Song, holders of the Mwagavul traditional title led by 2023 governorship aspirant, Ambassador Bagudu Horse, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and governorship hopeful, Garba S Pwul, and a delegation from another governorship aspirant in the state, Ephraim Lenka Dewa, who told the Sum Pyem that the late Mishkam Mwagavul, whom he had met in Maryland in the USA back in 2008, would be missed for his “thoughtful leadership.
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