Yobe man abducts neighbour’s 11-year-old son, kills him with hard drugs
The Yobe State Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old kidnapper, Mohammed Abdullahi, in Gujba local government area of Yobe State, for kidnapping an 11-year son of his neighbour and killing him with a substance drug.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Ahmed Garba, paraded the suspect and 17 others at the Police Command headquarters in Damaturu, while expressing concern over the rising criminal activities in the state.
He said the suspect demanded for N600,000 ransom from the victim’s family before killing the child with hard drugs and burying his corpse.
“Mohammed Abdullahi, a 19-year-old suspect from Buniyadi, abducted an 11-year-old son of his neighbour and later demanded a ransom of 600,000 naira. When the parents of the victim could not meet his demand, he bought drugs and administered them to the victim to sleep and the victim later died. The suspect later buried the corpse in their house while his parents were away and was later apprehended by the police,” he said.
Another suspect, Sani Musa, aged 22 years, who stabbed his victim, Sheba Simon, with a knife and snatched her cell phone, was also trailed, arrested and paraded by the police.
In an interview with journalists, the suspect, Sani Musa, admitted to committing the crime, saying his intention was not to kill her but to collect the cell phone.
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Other suspects paraded were transformer vandals at the Pompomari community of the state capital, and house burglars among other crimes, ranging from rape and armed robbery where three AK47 rifles and live ammunition were recovered.
The CP, who expressed worry over the insecurity, urged the Yobe State government to provide empowerment and skills acquisition for the teaming youths in the state, in order to keep them busy instead of roaming about, taking unwanted drugs, and causing mayhem to communities.
