Police in Kano State have arrested three suspected kidnappers over the alleged kidnapping and killing of a 14-year-old neighbor.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to DAILY POST.

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, based on the report, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel, engaged a team of policemen from the anti-kidnapping unit of the command to ensure the rescue of the victim and the arrest of the perpetrators.

He further stated that the team immediately swung into action. Preliminary investigation led to the arrest of the principal suspect; Ismail Adamu, aged 22 years old, of Hotoron Fulani Quarters, Kano.

The suspect confessed to conspiring with one Risi, of Mariri Quarters Kano, and kidnapping the victim.

The suspect further revealed that they took the victim to Sabuwar Zara Village where they stabbed him in his neck and threw him inside a Soakaway at an uncompleted building in Sabuwar Zara Quarters, Kano, and later contacted the father, demanding four million naira (N4,000,000:00) for his release.

Furthermore, the crime scene was visited by the police operations, where the deceased body was removed from the Soakaway and evacuated to Abdullahi Wase Specialists Hospital Kano, where a medical doctor certified the body dead, and it was deposited at the hospital’s mortuary.

DSP Kiyawa said a discreet investigation led to the arrest of two suspects; namely, Musa Usman and Abdullah Usman.

The suspects will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation.