The Bauchi State Police Command has disclosed the arrest of a suspect answerable for the demise of 8-year-old Kamal Aliyu within the Rinjin Gani space of Toro native authorities of the state.
This was disclosed by the Command Police Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil in a press launch issued on Thursday.
The assertion recalled that “On August 4, 2024, Kamal Aliyu was reported kidnapped by unknown people in Rinjin Gani village in Toro LGA of Bauchi state. In response, the Division Police Officer, DPO of Toro Police Divisional headquarters launched an intensive search and rescue operation within the space.
“Performing on credible intelligence and a tip-off on August 15, 2024, the Divisional Police Officer apprehended Ibrahim Mohamed Liman, a 23-year-old male resident of the identical Rinjin Gani neighborhood and a detailed neighbour to the sufferer’s household.”
The PPRO maintained that in interrogation, the suspect confessed to conspiring with one other particular person, whose identification remains to be unknown, to kidnap Kamal Aliyu by luring him below the pretense of delivering a message to his father, Alhaji Ali Rinji.
He stated the suspect had admitted to taking the younger boy into a close-by bush, the place they killed him and buried his physique in a shallow grave.
“The suspect additionally disclosed that they’d demanded a ransom of 200 thousand naira from the sufferer’s father. Though the daddy complied and took the ransom cash to the designated location, the suspects had been unable to retrieve it because of the presence of safety operatives within the close by space, “Wakil added.
Ahmed Wakil famous that the Bauchi Commissioner of Police, Auwal Musa Mohammed has directed the switch of the case to the State Legal Investigation Division for a radical investigation.
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