They were young, ambitious and eager to be rich. And they also thought the best way to actualise this dream of joining the millionaires' club was to take to kidnapping for ransom. Unfortunately for them, they are presently cooling their heels at the Bauchi State Police Command for kidnapping a three-year-old boy and demanding a ransom of N10 million from the parents.
The suspects, Salisu Abdullahi Salmanu, 19 years, of Kofar Idi, Bauchi; Imrana Abdullahi, 17 years; Abdullahi Mohammed and Umar Musa, 19 years, were arrested by Police detectives in the state.
The victim, Abdulkadir Salmanu, is the younger brother of one of the suspects, Salisu Addullahi, said to be a cousin to the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Bala Mohammed.
When he was paraded before journalists along with three of his friends, 19-year-old Saliu Abdullahi Salmanu said the decision to kidnap his three-year-old step-brother was motivated by his desire to raise money to buy a car. Salman is a year one student of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi.
He said: “I am accountancy student of Federal Polytechnic Bauchi. Though my father is very rich, any time I demanded money from him, he will refuse to give me, saying he has three wives and will have to cater for other children.
“So, I planned with my friends to kidnap my step brother who is three years old. I wanted my friends to call my father and demand for a ransom so that when he pays the ransom, I can collect my own share and use it to buy a car and be like my rich friends who have their own cars.”
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