Friday, May 3, 2024 -The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two of its officers, ASP Kulu and Elizabeth Ojah, for allegedly kidnapping minors in the state.
The officers were arrested by the
Federal Capital Territory Police Command for allegedly abducting five
children.
The spokesman for the command, ASP Ahmad Rufai, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Friday, May 3, said they have commenced investigations into the alleged abduction of five children from the state.
“Both the suspects and victims were
transferred and handed over to the command from FCT police command for further
investigation into the matter,” the PPRO said.
Among those abducted were three toddlers under the age of
two, and a five-year-old named Asmau Ya’u, who was reportedly abducted while on
her way to an Islamiyya school in Sokoto.
The suspects were said to have been
arrested while travelling from Sokoto to Abuja in an 18-seater commercial bus
when some passengers alerted the police near Abuja after noticing that the
custodians of the children could not breastfeed them during the seven-hour
journey.
The state official of the Human Rights
Network, Sirajo Madawaki, said the case was transferred to the network office
in the state from Abuja, and an investigation into the case has since begun
Madawaki assured that the network would
pursue the case to its logical conclusion and ensure that the suspects were
prosecuted and the children reunited with their respective parents.
The suspect, ASP Kulu, who was said to be
serving with the Kubwa Division, had applied for leave, which was not granted
before her trip to Sokoto.
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