POLICE ARREST SUSPECT FOR KIDNAPPING, KILLING A FIVE-YEAR OLD BOY IN BAUCHI

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BY DAMILOLA LAWRENCE

Officials of the Bauchi state police, have arrested a 25yrs old man for allegedly killing a five-year-old boy whom he kidnapped at first.

The suspect, Anas Auwal, a resident of Tsangaya Village in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, lured the minor who lives in the same address with candies and kidnapped him to his room.

“He contacted the child’s father, demanding N5million ransom for his release, but father told the suspect that he didn’t have such money.

The PRO of the Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, stated this in a media statement on Thursday.

He also said that the suspect hacked the boy to death after he realized that he recognized him.

He said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Umar Sanda, directed that the suspect be charged to court for prosecution.

“The Command has arrested Anas Auwal, 25yrs old from Tsangaya village in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State for kidnapping and gruesome murder of five-year-old teenager Abba Yahuza ‘m’ of the same address.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that on the 11th October 2022 at about 2pm, the suspect lured the victim into his room with sweets. He later called the victim’s father by phone and threatened him to bring the sum of five million naira (N5, 000,000.00) as ransom but the father told him that he couldn’t raise the demanded amount.

“Consequently, the suspect decided to hack the victim to death in his room because he later came to realize that the victim knew him, and waited until night time, bundled the victim in a sack and buried the body in a shallow grave.

“The suspect has confessed to the crime as the Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Mamman Sanda, directed that the suspect be charged to court for prosecution.

“In the same vein, the CP has advised parents and guardians to be vigilant and security-wise about the whereabouts of their children,” he advised.