A kidnap ring has been punctured, leading to the recovery of eight children kidnapped in Kano in 2014.
They were found in Anambra State with some people engaged in trafficking business.
This is a feat by the Kano State Police Command, who have arrested members of the ring.
The kids, who have been reunited with their families, are identified as Umar Faruq Ibrahim, 10 (male); renamed as Onyedika Ogbodo; Aisha Moh’d Abdullahi, 9 (female), renamed as Ozioma Ogbodo; Usman Mohammed, 5, (male); Amira Auwalu, 4 (female) and Husna Salisu, 4 (female), Blessing Ogbodo, 10 (female); Chiazozie Ogbodo, 11 (male); Chiemerie Ogbodo, 6 (male).
According to the command, a breakthrough in the investigation came after one of the suspects, Paul Owne, kidnapped one Harlan Sagir Bako, who he attempted to transport to Anambra State where he will be sold.
Kano State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, said Bako was abduct
‘’The command’s tactical team of Operation Puff Adder attached to the anti-kidnapping squad was detailed for discreet investigation in the course of which the suspects were arrested.
They confessed to have conspired among themselves and abducted various children from areas like Sauna, Kwanar Jaba, Kawo, Hotoro Yankaba and Dakata quarters all within the Kano metropolis,” he noted.
The command also gave the names of the arrested suspects as Paul Owne, 38 (male) and Mercy Paul, 38 (female), both of Dakata Quarters, Kano State, while their Onitsha-based accomplices are Emmanuel Igwe, 34 (male); Ebere Ogbodo, 45 (male) and Monica Orachaa, 50 (female). Louisa Duru, 45 (female) operated in Imo State as a buyer cum and seller.
