The Bauchi Command of the Nigeria Police said it has arrested one Anas Auwal, a 25-year-old native of Tsangaya village in Ningi local council Bauchi State who killed his five year old captive, Abba Yahuza, after the latter’s father failed to raise a N5 million ransom.
The suspect, according to Ahmed Wakil, spokesman for Bauchi Police Command, had lured Yahuza into his room with 'sweet' on October 11 and subsequently contacted his father over the phone to demand the ransom.
However, the captive’s father responded that he could not get the demanded ransom.
Fearing he could be exposed if he released the boy, Auwal killed his captive and later buried him in a shallow grave.
“Consequently, the suspect decided to hack the victim to death in his room and waited until night time, bundled the victim in a sack and buried the body in a shallow grave,” Wakil said.
He said that Auwal has confessed to the crime, while noting that Umar Mamman Sanda, the Bauchi State Commissioner of Police has directed that the suspect be charged to court for prosecution.
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