Friday, May 10, 2024 -Men of the Adamawa state police command have arrested two men for allegedly abducting a six-year-old boy identified as Eboka Edwin, and demanding N10 million ransom from his father after murdering him.
The father of the deceased, Edwin Eze, a resident of Tudun Wada in
Ganye LGA, had on May 8, visited the police station to report that on the same
date at about 1am, suspected kidnappers invaded his house situated at Tudun
Wada village, Ganye LGA and abducted his six-year-old son to an unknown
destination. He told the police that the kidnappers later contacted him via
phone and demanded Ten Million Naira (N10,000,000) as ransom. The distraught
father also mentioned that the suspects demanded and received N152 000 from him
for the victim's feeding fee.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson
of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said on the strength of the report, the
state Commissioner of Police, CP Dankombo Morris, raised detectives led by SP
Mohammed Yahaya Nuhu, Divisional Police officer, (DPO) Ganye to arrest the
suspects.
‘’The team immediately swung into action and
arrested two Suspects, Mukhtar Mohammed, aged 20 years old and Hussein
Suleiman, aged 20 years, all residents of Bashin Village, Yoro Local Government
Area, Taraba State.
During preliminary investigations, the
suspects confessed that they conspired and jointly kidnapped the victim to a
forest lying across the border between Nigeria and Cameroon Republic.
They added
that they killed the Victim by inflicting severe injuries on him using a knife,
he bled until he died. Thereafter, they buried the Corpse in a
shallow grave and kept demanding for ransom, until their arrest.'' Nguroje said
The spokesperson added that while the CP
commiserates with the deceased family on the unfortunate incident, he reaffirms
the Command's commitment to combating all forms of crime.
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