by Kingseyi Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:59 amMinna— Nemesis has caught up with a primary
five pupil in Minna, Niger State (name withheld)
and his accomplice, Sale, for allegedly
kidnapping a 10-year-old boy.
The prime suspect, said to be working for one
Hadi as a security guard, ended up kidnapping
his master’s son and contracted his friend and
accomplice, Sale, to sell the boy.
It was gathered that while the duo were
negotiating the sale of the 10-year-old boy for
N150,000, the Police nabbed them.
According to the state Police Command
spokesman, Muhammad Abubakar, “the
suspects kidnapped the 10 years old son of his
employer, took him to an unknown place and
later demanded a ransom of N150,000. After
kidnapping the boy, the duo were said to have
made a phone call to his parents, saying their
son was in their custody and that they should
make available N150,000 for the boy to be
released.”
It was gathered that the Police then used the
same phone number used by the kidnappers to
ask them to come for the ransom at the location
the suspects had suggested.
According to a source, it was at this point that
the two suspects were apprehended and the 10
years old boy was rescued.
The principal suspect, in a brief chat with
journalists, said he kidnapped the boy as
punishment to his parents who had accused him
of theft in their house.
His words: “Before I started working with his
father, I have never stolen any body’s property
and for them to have labeled me a thief really
pained me.
“This was why I resorted to kidnapping their son
to express my anger and punish them. While I
took the step, I never thought of the implication
because I did it out of anger, frustration and
retaliation.”
He confessed that he recruited Sale to find a
buyer for the boy before nemesis eventually
caught up with them.
Sale, in his submission also admitted that he
called, demanding the N150,000 ransom but did
not know that his friend kidnapped his
employer’s son.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer,
Abubakar, who paraded the suspects before
journalists, said they will be charged to court
immediately investigations are concluded.
five pupil in Minna, Niger State (name withheld)
and his accomplice, Sale, for allegedly
kidnapping a 10-year-old boy.
The prime suspect, said to be working for one
Hadi as a security guard, ended up kidnapping
his master’s son and contracted his friend and
accomplice, Sale, to sell the boy.
It was gathered that while the duo were
negotiating the sale of the 10-year-old boy for
N150,000, the Police nabbed them.
According to the state Police Command
spokesman, Muhammad Abubakar, “the
suspects kidnapped the 10 years old son of his
employer, took him to an unknown place and
later demanded a ransom of N150,000. After
kidnapping the boy, the duo were said to have
made a phone call to his parents, saying their
son was in their custody and that they should
make available N150,000 for the boy to be
released.”
It was gathered that the Police then used the
same phone number used by the kidnappers to
ask them to come for the ransom at the location
the suspects had suggested.
According to a source, it was at this point that
the two suspects were apprehended and the 10
years old boy was rescued.
The principal suspect, in a brief chat with
journalists, said he kidnapped the boy as
punishment to his parents who had accused him
of theft in their house.
His words: “Before I started working with his
father, I have never stolen any body’s property
and for them to have labeled me a thief really
pained me.
“This was why I resorted to kidnapping their son
to express my anger and punish them. While I
took the step, I never thought of the implication
because I did it out of anger, frustration and
retaliation.”
He confessed that he recruited Sale to find a
buyer for the boy before nemesis eventually
caught up with them.
Sale, in his submission also admitted that he
called, demanding the N150,000 ransom but did
not know that his friend kidnapped his
employer’s son.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer,
Abubakar, who paraded the suspects before
journalists, said they will be charged to court
immediately investigations are concluded.
