The body of the wife of a Kaduna-based medical doctor, Philip Ataga, has been found inside a bush in Kakau area of Abuja-Kaduna highway.
She was abducted with her two children on January 25, 2020.
The Kaduna State Police Command confirmed the recovery of the body.
According to the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, DSP Yakubu Sabo, the woman’s body was bullet-ridden.
The body, the police said, had been deposited at the mortuary.
The police added that they were aware that the abductors were still demanding a ransom of N20 million for the release of the children.
It would be recalled that the woman and her children were abducted from their residence at Juji community in Chikun Local Government Area of the state by kidnappers.
During the operation, a member of a local vigilance group was killed.
They demanded N150 million ransom before they could release the woman and the children.
