Police in Kano State have arrested three suspected kidnappers in connection with the alleged abduction and killing of a 14-year-old neighbor.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, confirmed the arrest in a statement.
According to the statement, “On 08/02/2024 at about 11:00 hrs, a report was received from one Alhaji Rabiu Abdullahi, of Hotoron Fulani Quarters Kano, that he received a phone call from an unknown person stating that his son, Abdullahi Sani, aged 14 years old of the same address, was kidnapped and a ransom of Four Million Naira (N4,000,000:00) was demanded for his release.”
Kiyawa said that, based on the report, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel, dispatched a team of policemen from the command’s anti-kidnapping unit to secure the victim’s rescue and apprehend the perpetrators.
He added that the team promptly took action. A preliminary investigation resulted in the arrest of the main suspect, 22-year-old Ismail Adamu, from Hotoron Fulani Quarters, Kano
The suspect confessed to conspiring with one Risi from Mariri Quarters, Kano, in kidnapping the victim.
The suspect disclosed that they took the victim to Sabuwar Zara Village, where they stabbed him in the neck and dumped his body into a Soakaway at an unfinished building in Sabuwar Zara Quarters, Kano.
They later contacted the father, demanding four million naira (N4,000,000:00) for his release
Police operations visited the crime scene where they removed the deceased body from the Soakaway.
The body was taken to Abdullahi Wase Specialists Hospital Kano, where a medical doctor confirmed the victim’s demise. The body was then deposited at the hospital’s mortuary.
DSP Kiyawa said a thorough investigation led to the arrest of two suspects; Musa Usman and Abdullah Usman.
The suspects will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation.
Kanyi Daily recalls that fire outbreak occurred on Monday evening in Yakasai Layin “Inuwa me mai” in Kano Municipal, resulting in the tragic death of a four-year-old boy.
