Bauchi Police arrest 12-year-old for kidnapping a 3-year-old
The Police in Bauchi State have arrested a 12-year-old boy for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old.
The spokesman for the Bauchi state police command, SP Ahmad Wakil, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday.
According to him, the 12-year-old kidnapped the child in Magama Gumau community, in Toro Local Government Area of the state and placed a telephone call to her father demanding a ransom of N150,000.
The statement read in part, “A discreet investigation revealed that the suspect lured the victim to an isolated place near a football field at Kara Area of Magama Gumau and called the victim’s father on phone and made the demand.
“On hearing the demand, the victim’s father hung up and refused to take subsequent calls.
“After a while, the victim’s father called the suspect and identified him through his familiar voice.
“He called his name, but the suspect kept mute, hung up, swiftly took the girl to her parent’s house where he told the family that he sighted her crying near a football field.”
The victim’s family subsequently reported the suspect to the police for necessary action.
“Investigation also showed that the suspect got to know about kidnapping for ransom when some time ago, his friend was kidnapped in Kano State.
“Those who kidnapped his friend were paid ransom before he was released and that was how the suspect learned that money must be paid to set a kidnap victim free,” the statement added.
