The Nigeria Police Force has paraded some suspected kidnappers for abducting and killing a six-year-old girl after demanding the sum of ₦8 million naira as ransom from the victim’s family.
Parading the suspects in Abuja on Wednesday, the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, said the abduction was carried out on the 2nd of November, 2020, in Gabije community of Kogi State.
Some suspected armed robbers and cattle rustlers were also paraded.
The suspects were said to have been positively linked through investigations by the Force Intelligence Bureau.
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Mba told journalists that the girl was abducted alongside her 14-year-old brother, noting that while the boy was lucky enough to escape, the girl, however, could not survive as she was killed by her captors and buried in a shallow grave.
According to reports,it was learnt that the victim’s parents could not afford the ₦8m ransom the kidnappers demanded for and were trying to negotiate the amount before involving the police authorities.
Of the 25 suspects paraded today is one of the kidnappers, Friday Domozu, who was said to have led the abductors in carrying out the crime.
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Force spokesman said the police arrested some of the key suspects and some are at large, pledging to find her killers.
While noting that the key suspect, Domozu is from Gabije community, Mba warned residents against haboring criminals in their community.
However, the suspect denied that the gang were responsible for the child’s death, blaming it on stomach complications which sounded far-fetched to the Force spokesman.
Mba dismissed his claims, saying the exhumed corpse of the child showed signs of violence.
Meanwhile, five AK-47 rifles and magazines, life ammunition as well as the sum of ₦765,000 were recovered from the suspects.
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