Two suspected kidnappers, Husseini Suleiman and Muktar Mohammed, have admitted to killing a six-year-old boy to raise money for food,leadership reports.
The suspects, from Bashin village in Yoro local government area of Taraba State, committed the crime in Ganye local government area of Adamawa State.
Adamawa State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, revealed that the suspects confessed to abducting Ebuka Godwin to obtain money for food.
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The suspects were identified as Almajiris from Shiek Dahiru Ganye “Tsangaya” School in Ganye. They confessed to kidnapping the boy with the intent to demand ransom from his parents to buy food.
Husseini narrated how they carried out the crime. The suspects fashioned sticks to resemble guns and used them to raid the residence of the boy’s father in early May 2024, abducting the victim.
After the kidnapping, the suspects called the boy’s father to demand a N10 million ransom and an additional N152,000 for feeding, the latter of which the father paid.
Upon receiving the feeding money, the suspects confessed to strangling the boy and burying his body in the sand.
They then used part of the money to purchase new phones.
