The Zamfara Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has succeeded in arresting four suspected kidnappers for alleged attempt to kidnap a two-year old baby.
This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Monday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SC Ikor Oche.
Oche said that the suspects were arrested while attempting to kidnap the two-year-old baby on January 21, at Angwan Shado area of Gusau metropolis.
Parading the suspects at the NSCDC Command Headquarters, Gusau, the Commandant, Muhammad Muazu, said the suspects who are teenagers were arrested in connection with attempted forceful kidnapping of two-year-old baby, Hawau Masaud, whom the elder sister, Umalkaidi Shahibilu (13 years) was carrying during an errand in the area.
One of the suspects whom Umalkaidi described as wearing a black clothes with white spots and identified as Muslim Sani, came and forcefully snatched the baby from her and ran into an uncompleted building were the other three accomplices were hibernating.
According to the commandant, the elder sister to the kidnapped baby raised an alarm which attracted the community members who eventually traced the kidnapped baby to the uncompleted building where the four suspects were arrested.
“The suspects involved in the incident are Muslim Sani, 25-year-old; Abdulrazak Bashir, 20; Tukur Bello, 24, and Jafar Lawal, 23.
“The preliminary investigations revealed that the four suspects were at the uncompleted building under the influence of drugs and marijuana and denied any knowledge of the said crime. They claimed to be heavily dazed with opium and marijuana.
“The investigations revealed that the four suspects were in the crime scene and two of them were identified by the elder sister and brother to the kidnapped baby respectively as those who snatched the baby as testified,” the commandant explained.
The commandant said that all the suspects would be taken to court after investigation.
He, however, advised parents to be vigilant and to always be mindful of the whereabouts of their children.
Source: NAN
