4-yr-old rescued from kidnappers in Kano

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April 16, 2015 10:49 PM

Three persons, including a lady, have been arrested by the Kano State Police Command for allegedly kidnapping a four-year-old boy in Tudun Wada Local Government Area

Three persons, including a lady, have been arrested by the Kano State Police Command for allegedly kidnapping a four-year-old boy in Tudun Wada Local Government Area, Kano State, NAN reports.

The Police PRO in the state, ASP Magaji Majiya, when speaking with the press, said the suspects who kidnapped the boy at the residence of his father in Tudun Wada town on April 14, were apprehended at Tarauni Quarters, Kano metropolis.

He said one of the suspects, Aliyu Tasi’u, was a younger brother to the grandmother of the victim.

"Tasi’u, a family member, has access to the house of the grandmother, where the boy was abducted. Bello Wada took the boy and handed him over to one of the suspects, Fauziyya Bala, who whisked him to their den at Tarauni Quarters,’" he said.

Majiya also said that the suspects later called the grandmother of the victim through her GSM line and demanded a ransom of N3 million or have the child killed

He said the case was later reported at Tudun Wada Police Division in company of two of the suspects, who sympathized with the family.

He said following the report, the police promptly commenced investigation and successfully arrested the suspects, in addition to rescuing the boy unhurt.

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