Three youths, between ages 18 and 20, have been arrested for abducting and killing a five-year-old nursery pupil, Ahmad Ado.
The three young men were arrested by the Kano State Police Command. The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, identified the suspects as Ibrahim Ahmad (20), Abdumajid Mohammed (18) and Musa Sanusi (18).
According to Iliyasu, on July 10, at about 1:30 p.m., the police received a report that Ado, had been kidnapped by unknown persons at Ma’ahat Nursery and Primary School, Karkasara.
The commissioner said after abducting the boy, the kidnappers contacted his family and demanded N50 million as ransom.
Iliyasu explained that a team of ‘Operation Puff Adder’ detectives from anti-kidnapping squad succeeded in arresting the suspects.
The commissioner said that the suspects confessed to have drugged the victim after they kidnapped him, leading to his death at Sheka Sabuwar, Abuja Quarters, Kano.
The police chief said: “The suspects buried the body in a shallow grave at an uncompleted building. The scene was visited by experts and the remains exhumed. Investigation is ongoing, while the suspects would be charged to court.” (NAN)
First Published 2019
