The police in Kano State have arrested three suspects, Hisbullahi Salisu (30), Hassan Rabiu Ali (28) and Hassan Aliyu, for kidnapping a four-year-old boy, Muhammad Nasir Jamilu, in Sharada Quarters of Kano City and taking him to Gwarzo LGA.
It was gathered that the suspects demanded a N10m ransom but that after negotiation N300,000 was paid to them with an undisclosed balance remaining.
The state’s police spokesman, Haruna Kiyawa, in a statement, said that the principal suspect, Salisu, a cousin of the victim, confessed to have conspired with the two other suspects to kidnap the victim.
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SP Kiyawa added that the victim was rescued and taken to the Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital, Kano, and later reunited with his parents.
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