A 19-year-old man, Nafi’u Sulaiman, has been arrested by the Kano State Police Command for allegedly faking his kidnap to collect ransom from his uncle.
This information was disclosed to journalists on Wednesday by the State Commissioner of Police, CP. Mohammed Usaini Gumel.
Gumel, who noted briefed newsmen on the progress made by the command on the crime fight, said part of it include the arrest of suspected armed robbery suspects, kidnappers, drug peddlers, and human trafficking suspects.
The police boss explained that the police on Friday, at about 1750hrs received a report from a resident `of Garindau Village, Warawa LGA, Kano, that he received a phone call from an unknown person that his “19-year-old son, Nafi’u Sulaiman was kidnapped and a ransom was demanded for his release.”
They reportedly settled for a ransom of three hundred and sixty-five thousand naira (N365,000) after a prolonged negotiation.
Gumel said in the course of the investigation, the victim confessed to having singlehandedly framed his kidnap to extort his uncle.
“The case will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation,” he said.
He reiterated his determination to rid the State of all forms of crimes and criminalities.
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Meanwhile, a Magistrate Court in Yola, Adamawa State, has remanded a woman, Zainab Hassan and a young man, Godwin Tabakiya over the theft of soya beans.
The woman is accused of making the youth pilfer the soya beans from the store of a farmer and then receive them from him.
It was established at the Chief Magistrate Court I, Yola, where the two defendants are arraigned that, on the instruction of the woman, the youth was lifting the soya beans in small measures and delivering it to the woman until they got five bags of the produce.
Magistrate Alheri Ishaku on Wednesday ordered the remand of the defendants after both pleaded guilty to the offence and adjourned the case to next month, July 6, for corroboration and summary trial.
Trouble began for Godwin Tabakiya last Friday, June 9, when he was arrested for the theft of five bags of soya beans belonging to the Adamawa correspondent of the Guardian Newspaper, Emmanuel Ande, a resident of Sangere Futy in Girei LGA, near Yola.
In the course of investigation, Godwin told the Police that it was after he confessed his actions to his parents that his sister took him to the Police.
He told the police that it took him several weeks to take the soya beans in small measures to Zainab Hassan, better known in her community as Mama Kalifa, who paid him little money after each delivery.
He said he was carrying out the act on instructions of Mama Kalifa, whose son, Kalifa, is his friend.
Police prosecutor S.S Nicholas who arraigned Godwin told the court that he made away with the produce and sold it to Zainab Hassan.
He explained that Godwin trespassed into the house where the complainant rented a store for his farm produce and carted away five bags of beans valued at N140,000.