Police arrest couple who stole neighbour’s two-year-old son

<p>The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a man and his wife for allegedly stealing their neighbour’s two-year-old son.</p>, <p>DSP Ramhan Nansel, the command’s Public Relations Officer, said this on Thursday in Lafia while briefing newsmen.</p>, <p>Nansel said that the father of the victim, Adamu Abdullahi of Orange Market, Mararaba, Karu Local Government Area, reported to the Police on Aug. 13 at about 3:30 pm, that his two-year-old son had been missing for almost two weeks.</p>, <p>He said the complainant also told the police that he had received a phone call on the same day from an unknown person demanding a ransom of N2 million.</p>, <p>The spokesman said police detectives were immediately deployed in search of the missing child, and their efforts led to the arrest of the prime suspect and three accomplices.</p>, <p>According to him, the prime suspect, who is a neighbour to the victim’s father, confessed, upon interrogation, to have conspired with the other suspects, all of Orange Market, to steal the child.</p>, <p>He added that the suspect also revealed to the detectives that he handed the child over to his wife, who took him to Katsina State.</p>, <p>Nansel said the police trailed the suspect’s wife to Katsina State, arrested her, and recovered the child, who has been reunited with his parents.</p>, <p>The spokesman also said that the command had arrested 14 suspects between July and August for various offences, including kidnapping, armed robbery, and cultism.</p>, <p>He added that three guns and 11 rounds of live ammunition were recovered from some of the suspects.</p>, <p>Nansel, who cautioned residents to be security conscious, said all the suspects would be charged in court once investigations are concluded.</p>