Police arrest two suspected kidnappers, rescue victim in Bauchi

The Bauchi State Police Command has successfully apprehended two suspected kidnappers and rescued a four-year-old boy following an intelligence-led operation. The swift action came after a complaint was lodged by the victim's father.

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On 10th June, 2026, the Command acted on a formal complaint of kidnapping lodged by a 45-year-old father, a resident of Gida Dudu Housing Estate, Bauchi. The complainant reported that his son, Musa (surname withheld), a four-year-old boy, was abducted from the frontage of their residence.

According to SP Nafiu Habib, the Command's spokesperson, detectives from the State Intelligence Department tracked the suspects after the father reported his son's abduction from their residence in Gida Dudu Housing Estate, Bauchi. Preliminary investigations revealed that one suspect, identified as Muhammad Usman, 39, lured the child away on June 9.

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Preliminary investigation revealed that on 9th June 2026, the first suspect, Muhammad Usman, 39-year-old, lured the minor from his home at Gida Dudu Housing Estate. He thereafter took the child to the residence of the second suspect, 40-year-old Hayatudeen Ahmad, both of the same housing estate.

Usman then took the boy to the residence of the second suspect, Hayatudeen Ahmad, 40, who lives in the same estate. To conceal his actions, Usman reportedly deceived Ahmad, claiming the child was his sister's son whose mother was critically ill, and that it was too late to travel to Kano that night. He asked Ahmad to keep the child overnight, promising to take him to their family in Kano the next day.

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To conceal his crime, Muhammad Usman deceived Hayatudeen Ahmad, claiming the boy was his sister’s son and that she was critically ill. He further claimed it was too late to travel to Kano that night and pleaded with the second suspect to keep the child overnight, promising to take him to their family in Kano the following day.

However, the first suspect later dropped a ransom note at the victim's family home, demanding N5 million and providing a phone number for payment. Upon receiving the complaint, police detectives immediately launched an operation, leading them to Ahmad's house where the child was found alive and unharmed. The boy has since been reunited with his family. Both suspects are in police custody and cooperating with investigators.

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Subsequently, the first suspect wrote a ransom note and dropped it at the complainant’s frontage, demanding the sum of N5,000,000 and providing a phone number for payment.