Police rescues three abducted children, arrests suspects in Kaduna

Police operatives in Kaduna have rescued three kidnapped minors and arrested three suspects in the state.

The spokesman for the state police command, Mansir Hassan, confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna.

Hassan said: “The kidnapped victims were rescued in Calabar Road by Sabon Layi, Kurmin Mashi, Kaduna North Local Government Area on Tuesday.”

“On Tuesday, at about 3: 00 p.m., a distress report was lodged by a father that his three children – Aslam Umar Lukman (14), Suleiman Umar Tanko (12), and Aliyu Umar Tanko (10), were kidnapped on Monday at about 1:35 p.m. with the kidnappers demanding a ransom of ₦50 million.

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“Upon the receipt of the report, operatives of the command, through strategic intelligence gathering and tactical communication, lured one of the suspects, Richard Philip, the kingpin, out of their hideout, and eventually and he was arrested.

“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime and revealed that he conspired with Ibrahim Ma’aruf (18) and Abubakar Sadiq (15) to kidnap the children and hide them at his residence.

“Acting on the credible intelligence, the police swiftly stormed the location, arrested the culprits, and rescued all three victims unhurt.

“The rescued children had since been safely reunited with their family by the Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr. Muhammad Rabiu.”

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