A 30-year-old man, Abubakar Abdulaziz, of Sabuwar Santa, the Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State is now in police custody after he allegedly kidnapped and buried a three-year-old boy alive.
Abdulaziz was said to have buried the
abducted boy alive despite collecting N150,000 out of the N800,000 ransom he
demanded from his father.
The spokesman for the Katsina State Police
Command, CSP Gambo Isah, confirmed the incident on Monday.
Isah said Abdulaziz was arrested on Thursday
following a tip-off and had allegedly confessed to having committed the
offence.
he police spokesman explained, “On April 12,
2023, around 3pm, the command succeeded in arresting one Abubakar Abdulaziz,
30, of Sabuwar Santa, the Musawa Local Government Area, Katsina State, a
suspected kidnapper and killer of a three-year-old child.
“The fact of the case is that on March 23,
2023, around 1am, the suspect criminally trespassed into the residence of one
Adamu Alhassan of Bacirawa village, the Musawa Local Government Area, Katsina
State, while he was asleep and kidnapped his three-year-old son to an unknown
destination.
“He dropped a letter directing the said Adamu
Alhassan to pay a ransom of N800,000 and providing a contact phone number.
However, the father made contact, negotiated, and paid N150,000 to secure the
release of his child, but to no avail.
“Upon receipt of the report, detectives swung
into action and succeeded in arresting the suspect (Abubakar Abdulaziz) in
connection with the case. During the investigation, he confessed to the
commission of the offence and further confessed to having buried the child
alive after receiving the ransom.”
Isah revealed that an investigation had
already commenced into the incident.
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