85-YEAR-OLD SUSPECTED KIDNAPPER IN KANO ARRESTED BY NSCDC

Ibrahim Usman, an 85-year-old man, was apprehended by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) on suspicion of robbing a 3-year-old child from his Kano State neighborhood.

Ibrahim Idris Abdullahi, the state spokesperson for the NSCDC, provided details about the events leading up to the suspect’s apprehension. He stated that Ungoggo Division officers made the arrest at Yar’Adua Quarters, Rimin Kebe, in the Ungoggo Local Government Area of the state.

He said, “The 85 year old suspect, Ibrahim Usman abducted the victim, a 3-year-old boy who is a child in the neighbourhood and attempted to hide him in his friend’s residence situated at Hotoro Bypass in Kano State.

“Having suspected foul play, his friend refused to keep the boy in his custody and decided to alert residents where the suspect lived at Rimin Kebe who had been looking for the missing boy.

“This development led the suspect to run away and he was later picked up by personnel of the Corps of the Ungoggo division,” Leadership quoted the NSCDC spokesman saying.

According to him, the octogenarian had collected the victim’s father’s phone number two months ago without calling him once.

“Worthy of note is that the suspect had last 2 months collected the victim’s father’s phone number but never called him for once,” Abdullahi noted, adding that the NSCDC has launched an investigation into the case and upon conclusion, the suspect will be charged to court.