The Police force in Niger have arrested one Mohammad Betuwa, 35, of Kudungure Fulani Camp in Mariga Local Government Area of the state, for alleged kidnapping.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Adamu Usman, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Wednesday.
” The suspect, along with four others now at large, attempted to kidnap Alhaji Ibrahim Isa of Kudungure Fulani Camp but when they did not see him, they kidnapped his 15-year-old daughter, Delu Ibrahim,” Usman said.
He said that the suspect along with four others, upon sigthing the police on patrol, abandoned the girl and ran into the bush
He said that the police patrol team succeeded in arresting the suspects in the bush, while the four other suspects took to their heels.
The commissioner said, upon interrogation, the suspect who is married with two wives and five children, confessed to the crime.