FCT Minister’s 19-Year-Old Nephew Kidnaps Brother, Demands N10m

The Bauchi state Police command have arrested a 19 year old man identified as Salisu Salmanu, who claims to be a nephew of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed, for conniving with three of his friends to kidnap his own three year old younger brother, Abdulkadir Salmanu, and demanding a ransom of N10m from his father. Salisu is said to be the son of the elder brother of the FCT Minister.

According to a report by Punch, the state police
spokesperson, DSP Haruna Mohammed confirmed the
incident and said Salisu in company of his friends
identified as ; Imrana Abdullahi, 17, Abdullahi Mohammed, 19, and Umar Musa, 19, all residents of the Kofar Idi area of the Bauchi metropolis were arrested on February 28th.

“The suspects conspired with four others, now
at large, to kidnap one Abdulkadir Salmanu,
male and three years old Kofar Idi, took him to
Gwallameji and demanded 10m ransom from the
parents. The victim was liberated by the police
and efforts are ongoing to apprehend the other
fleeing suspects after which they will be
charged to court.”he said
When interrogated, Salisu said it was greed that
motivated him to kidnap his own brother.

“When we planned the kidnap, we agreed that
if we succeeded in getting the N10m, we should
buy a car. We also agreed that the rest of the
money should be left for spending as individual
deemed fit. Honestly, my father meets all my
needs. He pays my school fees and every other
thing I need. It is just greed and selfishness
which the devil put in our hearts. By God’s
grace, our hearts have totally changed since
this is our first time of doing this, and we pray
that God prevent a future recurrence.”

One of his accomplice, Abdullahi Mohammed when
interrogated said when they kidnapped the boy, they had no intention of  harming him…

“We took the child, not with the intention of
harming him, but so we could get money from
his father and release him. We demanded N10m,
but the father said he would pay N3m and we
insisted it was too small. We finally agreed
that he should pay N5m. Honestly, if we had
succeeded, we would not have returned the
money, but this would have been our first and
last operation,” he said.

The police say investigations into the matter is ongoing.

Source: Punch