Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a 23-year-old Ibrahim Liman over allegation bordering on kidnapping and homicide of an 8-year-old boy, Kamal Aliyu in Rinjin-Gani, a group in Toro native authorities space of Bauchi State.
Spokesperson of Bauchi Police Command, SP Ahmed Wakil confirmed this in a press release made accessible to reporters in Bauchi on Thursday.
“On August 4, 2024, Kamal Aliyu was reported kidnapped by unknown people in Runjin Gani village in Toro LGA of Bauchi state.
“In response, the Division Police Officer (DPO) of Toro Police Divisional headquarters launched an intensive search and rescue operation within the space,” the assertion learn partially.
Wakil mentioned throughout interrogation, the suspect confessed to conspiring with one other particular person, whose id remains to be unknown, to kidnap Aliyu by luring him below the pretense of delivering a message to his father.
He added, “The suspect admitted to taking the younger boy into a close-by bush, the place they killed him and buried his physique in a shallow grave.
“The suspect additionally disclosed that that they had demanded a ransom of Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N200,000) from the sufferer’s father,” Bauchi police spokesman mentioned.
He mentioned though the daddy complied and took the ransom cash to the designated location, the suspects have been unable to retrieve it as a result of presence of safety operatives within the close by space.
