Father identifies son’s abductor 2 years after kidnapping
A suspected kidnapper, Mohammed Rabiu of Lambata, Gurara Local Government Area, Niger State, has been arrested by police after the father of a 10-year-old boy identified him as one of his son’s abductors. The suspect was sighted and identified by the victim’s father in the Barikin-Sale area of Minna, the state capital. According to the […]
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A suspected kidnapper, Mohammed Rabiu of Lambata, Gurara Local Government Area, Niger State, has been arrested by police after the father of a 10-year-old boy identified him as one of his son’s abductors.
The suspect was sighted and identified by the victim’s father in the Barikin-Sale area of Minna, the state capital.
According to the police spokesperson in the state, SP Wasiu Abiodun, the suspect was part of a group that kidnapped the boy in 2023 from a settlement in Dagwi village, near Beji, in Bosso Local Government Area.
A ransom of N300,000, along with a carton of energy drinks, packets of cigarettes, food, and recharge cards, was paid before the boy was released.
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Abiodun stated, “On August 2, 2025, at about 9 am, based on a direct complaint at the Kpakungu Division, police operatives attached to the division arrested a suspected kidnapper, Mohammed Rabiu of Lambata, Gurara LGA, at the Barikin-Sale area of Minna.”
He added that the father of the victim raised the alarm after seeing the suspect, leading to the arrest.
Abiodun said during interrogation, Rabiu confessed to the crime and named other accomplices as Mahmuda, Aminu, Ibrahim, Yellow, Muazu, and Lago.
‘’He also confessed to killing a farmer in the same area in 2023 and stated that the group typically takes their victims to the Washa forest, which is located near Beji,’’ the command’s spokesperson said.