A 21-year-old man named Mubarak Haladu has been taken into custody by the Gombe State Police Command for the abduction and murder of his brother’s 7-year-old son, Haruna Bello, in the state’s Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area.
In a statement released on Friday, October 25, 2024, command spokesperson ASP Buhari Abdullahi said that the suspect had kidnapped Haruna and sought a ransom of N1.5 million from his brother, the victim’s father.
The suspect confessed to the crime after being taken into custody by members of the command’s Anti-kidnapping section on October 17, according to the PPRO.
Regretfully, the victim’s decaying body was discovered in Dadin Kowa hamlet in an incomplete construction.
“On 10/10/2024 at about 0730hrs one Bello Haladu ‘M’ of Garin Sarki, Yamaltu Deba L.G.A Gombe State came to Dadin Kowa Police station and reported that on 09/10/2024 at about 1325hrs one Mubarak Haladu ‘M’ of Unguwar Demsa L.G.A Adamawa state who is his junior brother called him on phone that he has kidnap his son one Haruma Bello ‘M’ 7yrs old and demanded the sun #1,500,000. One million five hundred thousand naira from him. The case was forwarded to Anti-kidnapping section SCID for discrete investigation,” the statement read.
“On 17/10/2024 at about 1000hrs the above mentioned suspect was arrested, upon interrogation the suspect admitted to have committed the offence and that he also broke about three shops in different areas and stole about thirty mobile phone of different brands among of which he removed and use one SIM card to called his brother, the victim’s father and demanded for ransom.
“However, on 18/10/2024 the victim was found dead and decaying in an uncompleted building in Dadin kowa village. The suspect will soon be charged to court for prosecution.”
