Bauchi police foil abduction of 16-year-old boy, arrest suspect

The Bauchi State Police Command has foiled the alleged abduction of a 16-year-old boy, arresting a 60-year-old suspect, Abdullahi Abubakar, successful Shira Local Government Area of the state.

Spokesman of the command, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this successful a connection issued connected Tuesday, September 29, 2026, saying the victim, Usman Dauda, was rescued unhurt during a constabulary operation.

According to him, the incidental occurred connected Monday, September 28, erstwhile the victim’s 50-year-old begetter from Zigau Village, Shira LGA, reported that his lad had been taken from Misau municipality to Bangala Village by Abubakar.

Habib said the fishy was allegedly readying to determination the teen to Kano for reasons yet to beryllium established.

He said detectives from the Yana Division swiftly mobilised pursuing the study and rescued the teen from the suspect’s custody.

The unfortunate was subsequently taken to the General Hospital, Yana, for aesculapian examination, portion the fishy was arrested.

The constabulary spokesperson said preliminary probe showed that the fishy had allegedly confined the lad successful his country for a time without due feeding.

In different cognition successful Bauchi metropolis, constabulary operatives attached to ‘A’ Division arrested 5 suspects allegedly progressive successful breaking into an uncompleted gathering astatine Doya Quarters.

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