The Police Command in Kano state has arrested four suspects for kidnapping and killing of five-year old Hamza Harisu.
The suspects had initially demanded a ransom of N20 million but later settled for N5 million before killing the minor, police said.
Police spokesman, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said, when the father of the victim reported the incident, Kano State Police Commissioner Abubakar Lawal, raised a team of Operation Restore Peace led by Bala Shu’aibu – a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Doguwa Division to arrest the culprits.
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“With sustained efforts and intelligence-led follow-up, the principal suspect, Ado Ibrahim, 29, and three other suspects, all of Yantama Village, Doguwa local government area, were arrested in a hideout. Ibrahim confessed that he kidnapped the victim on October 27 around 7pm, took him to a nearby bush and strangled him,” Kiyawa said.
The Nation learnt the homes of the suspects were yesterday set ablaze by youths.