Kidnappers abduct, slaughter 11-year-old boy in Kano
The Kano State Police Command on Tuesday said that suspected kidnappers
abducted and slaughtered one 11-year-old boy in Kano.
The Public Relations Officer of the state police command, Deputy Superintendent
of Police (DSP), Magaji Musa Majia, said on Tuesday that the boy, identified as
Musa Salisu, was sent on an errand by his father within the Naibawa quarters of
the city at about 2pm on Monday and failed to return home as and when due.
Musa’s uncle, Abubakar Kafinta, told our correspondent that the family became
apprehensive when the deceased did not come back home three hours after he
was sent on an errand.The police spokesman, however, said that two suspects
had been arrested in connection with the abduction of Musa, who he said was a
Primary six pupil.
He said, “It was not immediately clear that the boy was abducted, until three hours
later when an unidentified source phoned the family members about the
unfortunate development.”
He explained that “the abductors demanded N500,000.00 ransom, to secure the
boy’s release or else they will take his life.”
According to Kafinta, the matter was promptly reported to the police, while concerted
efforts were been made to meet their demand.
Kafinta, who was in tears added, “We contacted them (the abductors) through the
same line they used to call us this morning (Tuesday) for a deal only to learn that the
boy has been slaughtered.
“The abductors further gave us a detailed description of where they deposited his
corpse at a spot on Eastern Bypass, Kano.”
Kafinta added that the boy had been buried according to Islamic rites
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