KOGI – The Kogi State Police Command has arrested a 60-year-old herbalist, Shuaibu Sanni, and his accomplice, Yahaya Mustapha, for allegedly abducting a three-year-old boy, Emmanuel Sunday.
This disclosure was made by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Saidu Madawaki, on Tuesday January 11th 2014, while parading the suspects in Lokoja.
The CP said the victim had gone to a church service on Sunday at the Christ Apostolic Church, Usunagwe in Okehi Local Government Area with his grandmother, Esther Elijah.
Sunday was said to have become thirsty in the course of the service. Elijah was said to have consequently asked her granddaughter, Blessing Lawal, to get some water for Sunday to drink.
It was learnt that while Lawal and Sunday were going for the water, Mustapha suddenly grabbed Sunday and started running. He however ran out of luck as Lawal raised the alarm which attracted people who chased him.
The victim was said to have been rescued while the abductor fled.
Madawaki stated that Elijah reported the incident at Okehi Police Division.
The CP said following a tip off, the police arrested Mustapha, and that during interrogation, Mustapha implicated his accomplice, Sanni, who was promptly arrested too. Mustapha allegedly confessed that the herbalist had asked him to abduct the victim.
10 other suspects were paraded alongside the duo for various offences ranging from armed robbery to theft.
Madawaki issued a warning to criminals to avoid Kogi state.
