How ‘cleric’ demanded N5m ransom after kidnapping cousin
A 39-year-old “cleric” who resides at Sabon-Fegi, Yankara village, Faskari Local Government Area of Kastina State has been arrested for kidnapping his 4-year-old cousin, Umar Farouk Kabir.
According to SP Isah Gambo, Police Public Relations Officer, the suspect was arrested on 25 October 2021.
He said in the course of the investigation, the suspect confessed that on 09 October 2021, at about 2:30pm, he went to the house of his uncle, one Kabir Abdullahi at Funtua, who was not at home and when his son Umar Farouk Kabir came out to see who was asking after his father, he recognised the suspect, who later deceptively gave the little boy a Viju drink and abducted him to Dutsen-Alhaji, Abuja.
Subsequently, the suspect called the boy’s father through his GSM and demanded the payment of N5m ransom but the father offered to pay the suspect the sum of N500,000.
Consequently, the father reported the matter to the police and in the course of the investigation, the suspect was traced and arrested.
