The victim was killed after he sold pineapple worth of N900,000 at his farm in Igueze village, Ovia North East local government area of Edo State.
It was gathered that the incident happened on May 13th, 2025.
Police sources said the five workers collected the money from the pineapple sales, killed their employer and fled to different locations.
After killing the victim, the workers called the family and demanded a ransom of N60m but the family insisted on talking to their father before making payment.
The workers then demandedfor N300,000 and after getting paid, cut off all communications.
Following reports to the police, men of the anti-kidnapping squad went after the kidnappers. They tracked one of them to Akwa Ibom State where they arrested him (Bassey Uyong Umeh) in a creek.
Umeh told the Police team that the victim has been killed and took them to where he was buried.
He took police detectives to the spot where they buried the victim and the decomposing corpse was recovered.
Son of the deceased, Festus Oyagbomwan said the cell phones of other suspects have been switched off.
Edo Police spokesman, Moses Yamu, said investigations will continue for other fleeing suspects to be arrested.
