Rabi’u Adamu
Despite collecting ransom, Bauchi man kills 12-year-old police officer’s Son
A 20-year-old man, Rabiu Adamu, has been arrested for kidnapping and strangling 12-year-old Christopher Bala in Magaman Gumau Toro Local Government Area (LGA) of Bauchi State after collecting N200,000 ransom from the father.
Christopher who was abducted by Adamu while on an errand, is the son of a Police officer, ASP Bala Yarima, of Gumau Division, Bauchi State Police Command, the Bauchi Command spokesperson, SP Ahmed Wakil, disclosed in a statement on Thursday in Bauchi.
Wakil added that the suspect confessed to the kidnap and killing Christopher and receiving N200,000 as ransom from the victim’s father.
Adamu, the Bauchi Police spokesperson further added said he killed Christopher because he recognised him and buried the body in a shallow grave.
The Spokesperson said the command had exhumed the victim’s remains, and a postmortem was conducted at the General Hospital Toro, which confirmed the cause of death as strangulation.
“Upon receiving the report, detectives from the Toro Division immediately responded to initiate a rescue operation and apprehended the perpetrator of the act.
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“Preliminary investigations which identified 20-year-old Magama Gumau resident, Rabiu Adamu, as the prime suspect, revealed alarming details of extortion and blood relationship between the suspect, victim and victim’s family,” he said.
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