A man and his wife have been detained by the police in Nasarawa State for allegedly snatching their neighbor’s two-year-old boy.
This was stated yesterday in Lafia while DSP Ramhan Nansel, the command’s public relations officer, was briefing reporters.
According to Nansel, the victim’s father, Adamu Abdullahi, of Orange Market, Mararaba, Karu Local Government Area, reported his two-year-old son missing for over two weeks to the police on August 13 at approximately 3:30 p.m.
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He claimed that the complainant also informed the police that he had got a phone call from an unknown caller on the same day seeking a N2 million ransom.
The spokesman said police detectives were immediately deployed in search of the missing child, and their efforts led to the arrest of the prime suspect and three accomplices.
According to him, the prime suspect, who is a neighbour to the victim’s father, upon interrogation, confessed to have conspired with the other suspects, all of Orange market, to steal the child.
He added that the suspect also revealed to the detectives that he handed the child over to his wife, who took him to Katsina State.
Nansel said the police trailed the wife to Katsina state, arrested her and recovered the child, who was reunited with his parents.
The spokesman also said that the command had arrested 14 suspects between July and August for various offences including kidnapping, armed robbery and cultism
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