Police arrest two suspected kidnappers, rescue victim in Bauchi

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers and rescued a four-year-old boy following a swift intelligence-led operation in Bauchi. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday. Habib said detectives from the State Intelligence Department successfully tracked and apprehended the suspects after receiving a kidnapping complaint from the victim’s father. According to the statement, the father, a 45-year-old resident of Gida Dudu Housing Estate in Bauchi, reported that his four-year-old son, Musa (surname withheld), had been abducted. Habib said, “On 10th June, 2026, the Command acted on a formal complaint of kidnapping lodged by a 45-year-old father, a resident of Gida Dudu Housing Estate, Bauchi. The complainant reported that his son, Musa (surname withheld), a four-year-old boy, was abducted from the frontage of their residence.” He explained that preliminary investigations revealed that one of the suspects, identified as Muhammad Usman, 39, allegedly lured the child away from his home on June 9 and subsequently took him to the residence of the second suspect, Hayatudeen Ahmad, 40, who resides in the same estate. “Preliminary investigation revealed that on 9th June 2026, the first suspect, Muhammad Usman, 39-year-old, lured the minor from his home at Gida Dudu Housing Estate. He thereafter took the child to the residence of the second suspect, 40-year-old Hayatudeen Ahmad, both of the same housing estate,” the police spokesman stated. According to Habib, the first suspect allegedly deceived the second suspect by claiming that the boy was his sister’s son and that the child’s mother was critically ill. “To conceal his crime, Muhammad Usman deceived Hayatudeen Ahmad, claiming the boy was his sister’s son and that she was critically ill. He further claimed it was too late to travel to Kano that night and pleaded with the second suspect to keep the child overnight, promising to take him to their family in Kano the following day,” he said. The police further disclosed that the suspect later wrote a ransom note demanding N5 million from the victim’s family. Related News Edo schools to re-open Monday Abducted Oyo students, teachers still within national park — Makinde VIDEO: Leaders don’t care about ordinary Nigerians, Falz laments insecurity “Subsequently, the first suspect wrote a ransom note and dropped it at the complainant’s frontage, demanding the sum of N5,000,000 and providing a phone number for payment,” Habib added. He noted that detectives immediately launched an operation after r