The Kano state police command has arrested three suspects for allegedly kidnapping and killing their neighbour’s fourteen-year-old son.

Confirming the incident in a statement on Thursday, the state’s police public relations officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said the command received a report from one Rabiu Abdullahi of Hotoron Fulani Quarters Kano who said he received a phone call from an unknown person that his son, Abdullahi Sani, of same address, was kidnapped and a ransom of N4 million was demanded for his release.

The police spokesperson said, “The situation prompted the Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel, to engage a team of policemen from the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Command to ensure the rescue of the victim and arrest the perpetrators.

“The team immediately swung into action. Preliminary investigation led to the arrest of the principal suspect, Ismail Adamu, 22, of Hotoron Fulani Quarters, Kano.”

According to Mr Kiyawa, Mr Adamu, who confessed to having conspired with one Risi of Mariri Quarters Kano to kidnap the victim, said, “The suspect further revealed that they took the victim to Sabuwar Zara Village where they stabbed him in his neck and threw him inside a soakaway at an uncompleted building in Sabuwar Zara Quarters Kano, and later contacted the father and demanded N4,000,000 for his release.

“Furthermore, the crime scene was visited by the police operatives where the deceased’s body was removed from the soakaway and evacuated to Abdullahi Wase Specialists Hospital Kano, where a medical doctor certified the body dead, and it was deposited at the hospital’s mortuary.

“The discreet investigation led to the arrest of two suspects: Musa Usman, 17, of Hotoron Fulani Quarters Kano, and Abdullahi Usman, 20, of the same address that assisted the principal suspect in the negotiation of the ransom with a mobile phone,” he said.

Stating that the suspects would be arraigned upon completion of the investigation, Mr Kiyawa added, “The Commissioner of Police appreciates the good people of the state for their support, cooperation, and understanding, reiterating that the police command remains resolute towards fighting all forms of crime and criminality in the state.”