Police arrest 3 for kidnapping, drugging 5-year-old boy to death

The police in Kano have arrested three suspects for allegedly kidnapping and drugging a five-year-old boy to death in Karkasara area of the state. Parading the suspects, the Police Commissioner Ahmed Ilyasu, revealed that when men of the police force received the complain that Ahmed Ado was kidnapped, they immediately swung into action and  a […]

The police in Kano have arrested three suspects for allegedly kidnapping and drugging a five-year-old boy to death in Karkasara area of the state.

Parading the suspects, the Police Commissioner Ahmed Ilyasu, revealed that when men of the police force received the complain that Ahmed Ado was kidnapped, they immediately swung into action and  a principal suspect, Ibrahim Ahmed, 28, was arrested.

He said Ahmed’s arrest led to subsequent arrest of Musa Sanusi and another suspect both aged 18.

The police commissioner added that after interrogation, the suspects confessed to have kidnapped the boy and drugged him which resulted to his death.

He said the suspects also confessed to have buried Ahmad’s body in a shallow grave at an uncompleted building.

“The police have exhumed the body of the victim and the suspects will be taken to court. This is a highest form of inhumanity and the police will not relent in its fight against all forms of criminal activities,” he said.

The father of the victim, Malam Ado, told our reporter that the suspects kidnapped his son from the nursery and primary school he was attending and they later called him demanding for N50 million ransom to free his kidnapped son.

“They demanded for N50 million then reduced it to N20 million. We were negotiating till when we arrived at N200,000; not knowing that my son has been killed,” he lamented.