The police in Kano have smashed a
notorious syndicate which specialises in kidnapping children in Kano metropolis
and environs.
The Police Public Relations
Officer in Kano State, DSP Magaji Majiya, disclosed this while parading the
suspects before newsmen in Kano on Wednesday.
Majiya said that the suspects
usually kept the abducted children under the custody of Ward Heads, on the
pretence that the children were missing.
He said the leader of the
syndicate, Khalifa Usman, and another member, Aminu Idriss, had been going
round various quarters in the city, spying on houses and kidnapping children.
“When they kidnapped a child
they would meet with the other members of the gang and start making phone calls
to negotiate the ransom with the parents.
The police spokesman added
that the suspects would pressurise the parents of the abducted children to pay
ransom in form of supplying them with recharge cards of various GSM networks.
He said the police rescued
seven children aged between four and five and recovered one mobile phone, three
SIM cards and some recharge cards from the suspects.
Majiya said all the suspects
had confessed to committing the crime while effort was being made to arrest the
remaining accomplices now at large.
He called on traditional
rulers, religious and community leaders as well as the public to make proper
documentation of all persons conveying missing children.
The command’s spokesman also
advised the residents to report suspected adductors to the nearest police
station for appropriate action.(NAN)
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