A couple has been arrested by operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command in connection with the sudden disappearance of their neighbour’s two-year-old son.
Confirming this, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ramhan Nansel, in Lafia on Thursday said that the father of the victim, Adamu Abdullahi of Orange Market, Mararaba, Karu Local Government Area, reported to the Police on Aug. 13 at about 3:30 pm, that his two-year-old son had been missing for almost two weeks.
According to Nansel, the complainant also told the police that he had received a phone call on the same day from an unknown person demanding a ransom of N2 million.
The spokesman said police detectives were immediately deployed in search of the missing child, and their efforts led to the arrest of the prime suspect and three accomplices.
According to him, the prime suspect, who is a neighbour to the victim’s father, confessed, upon interrogation, to have conspired with the other suspects, all of Orange Market, to steal the child.
He added that the suspect also revealed to the detectives that he handed the child over to his wife, who took him to Katsina State.
Nansel said the police trailed the suspect’s wife to Katsina State, arrested her, and recovered the child, who has been reunited with his parents.
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The spokesman also said that the command had arrested 14 suspects between July and August for various offences, including kidnapping, armed robbery, and cultism.
He added that three guns and 11 rounds of live ammunition were recovered from some of the suspects.
Nansel, who cautioned residents to be security conscious, said all the suspects would be charged in court once investigations are concluded.
In another news, Nasarawa State Police Command has condemned jungle justice being meted out to suspects over the alleged sudden and mysterious disappearance of genital organs, particularly manhoods.
It was gathered that there were scary viral video clips of suspects who were caught after allegedly stealing manhoods diabolically.
Some of the suspects had, while being held by mobs, confessed to committing the heinous crime.
In a statement, the Nasarawa State’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel explained that victims of similar incidents that occurred in Eggon, Obi, Lafia and Keffi Local Government Areas of the State have been medically examined.
According to him, the test conducted on them “gave all the victims a clean bill of health”, declaring that the allegations were baseless.
The statement reads, “The Nasarawa State Police Command has observed with dismay the ugly trend where members of the public accuse individuals of causing mysterious disappearance of genitals and resort to mob action, jungle justice.
“The Police Command wishes to state that the Medical Examination carried out on victims who reported cases of mysterious genital disappearance in Nasarawa Eggon, Obi, Lafia and Keffi Local Government Areas of Nasarawa, gave all the victims a clean bill of health.
“In view of the forgoing, the Police Command wishes to State unequivocally that the cases of alleged mysterious genital disappearance is baseless, unfounded and without proof; thus, anyone caught engaging in mob action/jungle justice or raising false alarm that leads to grievous assault occasioning harm on any member of the public shall be arrested and made to face the full wrath of the law.”