Four suspected kidnappers have been apprehended by the Zamfara State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) for attempting to abduct a two-year-old baby, who was identified as Hawau Masaud.
According to a statement signed by the spokesperson of the Command, Ikor Oche, the incident happened on 21 January 2023 in Gusau, capital of Zamfara State.
The security unit identified the suspects as: Muslim Sani, 25, Abdulrazak Bashir, 20, Tukur Bello, 24, and Jafar Lawal, 23
Oche quoted the the State Commandant, Muhammad Bello Muazu, who spoke when the suspects were paraded at the NSCDC State Command Headquarters, Gusau, to have said the gang members attempted to kidnap Masaud from her elder sister, 13-year-old Umalkaidi Shahibilu, who at the time was carrying out an errand in the area.
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NIGERIACRIME gathered that one of the members of the syndicate, Muslim Sani, ran out of an uncompleted building and snatched the two-year-old from his teenage sister then returned into the building where his three accomplices were hiding.
It was learnt that the teenage sister raised an alarm to alert members of the community who tracked the kidnapper to the uncompleted building where the four suspects were arrested.
The NSCDC statement further revealed that the suspects claimed ignorance of their crime because they were under the influence of marijuana.
The statement affirmed, “Preliminary investigations revealed that the four suspects were at the crime scene and two of them were identified by the sister and brother of the kidnapped baby.”
Commandant Muazu who assured that the suspects will be arraigned in court after investigation advised parents to be vigilant and to always be mindful of the whereabouts of their children.