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Kano: After Killing 14-Year Old, Kidnappers Demand Four Million Naira

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By Daniel Maduka

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Arrested By Kano Police

The Kano State Police Command, on Thursday, February, 15, 2024, announced the bursting and subsequent arrest of a three-man gang that kidnapped and killed their neighbour’s 14.year old son, and still  demanded a ransom of four million Naira thereafter. However they were arrested in the process of negotiation for payments.

According to a statement issued by the  Kano State Police Command Spokesperson, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa ( SP)  , the kidnapers after stabbing and killing 14 year-old  Abdullahi Sani of Hotoro quarters in Kano metropolis, proceeded to throw his lifeless body into a soakaway at an uncompleted building in the Sabuwar Zara Quarters also in Kano .

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The kidnapers,  namely Ismail Adamu ,22, Musa Usman 17 and Abdullahi  Usman after killing their victim , contacted his father Alhaji Rabiu Abdullahi and  demanded the sum of four  million Naira as ransom.

The Kano Police authorities said their discreet investigative efforts, following official a complaint lodged by the deceased father led to the  arrest of the three kidnapers,with Ismail Adamu as the ring leader.

Kidnappers Arrested in Kano
Leader Ismail Adamu ,with his two accomplices backing Camera

“In the course of investigations Ismail Adamu confessed to having conspired with one Risi of Mariri Quarters to kidnap the victim. The suspect further revealed that they took the victim to Sabuwar Zara Village where they stabbed him in the neck and threw him inside a soakaway and later contacted the father and demanded  four million Naira for his release

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“The crime scene was later visited by the police operatives with the deceased body retrieved from the soakaway and evacuated to Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital kano where medical personnel confirmed the deceased dead. His corpse has been deposited at the hospital’ s mortuary.”

The State Commissioner of Police,  Alhaji Mohammad Husseini Gumel while appreciating the people of Kano for their support and understanding, said the suspects upon completion of investigations will be prosecuted.


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