The Nigeria Police Force, Sokoto State Command had arrested a military officer and 2 others for allegedly abducting an eleven-month-old child and demanded N500,00 as ransom…READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
The army officer identified as Ismail a resident of the Gwiwa area was involved in the kidnapping of an 11-month-old child also a residence of the Gwiwa area of Wamakko local government area in the state.
Contacted, the Spoke person of the Sokoto State Police Command ASP Ahmad Rufa’i confirmed the arrest saying the suspects were in Command’s Criminal Intelligence Department (CID), for further investigation.
Ismail who is serving as a military officer in Borno State told his relatives that he is on official engagement in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital and find time to visit them.
It was gathered that the suspects on Tuesday night around 2.30 am entered the residence of one Umar Balle in the Gwiwa area of Wamakko local government area of the state while the family members slept off and abducted the 11-month child Hussaini and went away with the child and the cell phone of the father.
The cell phone, the suspects used some hours after they left the house and called the head of the family and the father of the victim, Malam Balle to start bargaining on the ransom.
Also gathered that Ila connived with three others to organise the abduction of the child and immediately started bargaining for the payment of N500,000 household who is also the father of the child Malam Umar Balle in the wee hours of that fateful day.
Balle recounts how their 11-month-old child was taken from their home in the middle of the night.
They emphasize that the experience was traumatic and that no one deserves to go through such an ordeal.
The father of the child, Umar Balle expressed his ordeals as a father whose child was kidnapped from their home around 2:30 a.m., the incident caused him a traumatic experience.
Balle pointed out that when he woke up on that fateful night and couldn’t find his child who was sleeping alongside his mother.
According to him, the kidnappers demanded a ransom of N500,000 before they released the child and eventually the victim was rescued without paying an unspecified amount.
Balle expresses gratitude to Allah for the child’s safe return and calls on the authorities to take decisive action against those responsible to serve as a deterrent to others.
The child was held hostage by the suspects in an uncompleted building around the College of Education (COE) area in the state.
He expressed gratitude to Allah for the child’s safe return and praised the efforts of the security personnel who worked tirelessly to rescue the child.
Also, calls on the authorities to take decisive action against those responsible for the kidnapping, to serve as a deterrent to others who might consider committing such a crime.
While noted that the security personnel are doing their best to combat crime, and Allah has helped them succeed in rescuing the child and apprehending the suspects.
They end by expressing gratitude to Allah and urging the authorities to take action against those who engage in such criminal activities…READ THE FULL ARTICLE
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