A four-year-old boy has been rescued in Kebbi State after police uncovered a plot allegedly orchestrated by his mother to kidnap him and extort money from his father.
The victim, Abdulmumini Surajo, went missing on November 26 in Koko Local Government Area. Later that day, his father received a call from an unknown woman demanding ₦5 million.
According to security sources, police detectives traced the number and found that the caller was 25-year-old Maryam Muhammad, a married woman from the same community.
“She was promptly arrested, and during interrogation, she confessed to the crime,” a security source told Zagazola.
The child was rescued three days later.
“The boy was found on November 29 at about 6:08 p.m. in Mahuta, Fakai Local Government Area,” the source added.
Police confirmed that the child was unharmed and reunited with his father, while further investigations into the incident are ongoing.
