Abductors of 11-year-old boy arrested after collecting N5m ransom

The Adamawa State Police Command, on Sunday arrested two suspects for kidnapping an 11-year-old boy at Sangere Futy, Girei native authorities space of the State.

Operatives of Mubi North Division apprehended the suspects following report despatched to the police over the kidnap of the boy on September, 2020.

Spokesperson of the Command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, confirming their arrest in an announcement in Yola, mentioned the suspects recognized as Aminu Jika, 36, demanded and picked up 5 million Naira as ransom from his household earlier than releasing him.

“The police arrested the culprits, recovered a Toyota Hilux, three quantity plates, handsets, amongst different gadgets,” Nguroje mentioned

The Police Spokesman urged members of the general public to report suspicious individuals to the closest police station.

“The Command whereas assuring members of its comitments to defending lives and properties , enjoins residents to report any suspicious particular person or group round their neighbourhoods to the closest Police Division or report identical via any of the Police Command Management/Emergency numbers: 08089671313, 08107364974, 08053872326,” the assertion added.

The suspects will additional be arraigned earlier than Court docket for regulation on completion of investigation.