Suspected kidnapper of Islamic scholar’s grandson arrested

One Umar Ahmad has been arrested by the Department of State Services in Bauchi State for kidnapping the three-year-old grandson of a popular Islamic scholar in the state, Dahiru Bauchi.

According to the DSS, they rescued the boy and recovered from the 27-year-old suspect the N2.5m ransom paid.

The boy was abducted from  Bauchi’s residence on May 22.

The Director of the DSS  in the state, Muhammad Alhassan, said they arrested the suspect in collaboration with the police in Kano.

Alhassan claimed the suspect initially demanded  N10m ransom but later reduced it to N6m.

The security chief said, “We immediately swung into action after our intelligence gathering uncovered the hideout of the kidnapper at Liberty Hotel room 37 Sabon Gari Abba Road.

“After raiding the hotel, we rescued the kidnapped boy who is healthy, arrested the kidnapper and the recovered the money which we withdrew from his bank account.”

He said the suspect would be handed over to the police for prosecution.