Police foil another kidnap attempt of APC chairman’s son

The Police command in Borno yesterday said it foiled another attempt to kidnap Ibrahim Ahmed, an eight-year-old son of APC chairman of Askira Uba Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Muhammed.

Mr Demian Chukwu, the Commissioner of Police, disclosed this during a news conference at the command in Maiduguri.

Chukwu said the incident was reported by a family member on Friday that the child was kidnapped from a primary school in Maiduguri and taken to an unknown destination.

He said the command quickly deployed its Federal Special AntiRobbery team as well as other personnel on aggressive patrol of the metropolis to rescue the victim.

“I gave them directives to block all exit points of the town and conduct search on all vehicles going out of town.

“The culprits apparently sensed danger and hurriedly abandoned the victim after about five hours and fled. The victim was rescued and released to the family.

“We are still on the trail of the culprits for their arrest,’’ he said.

Chukwu lamented the rate of kidnapping by criminals, and urged schools authorities to monitor people coming to pick pupils from their schools.

He said within one week, there have been two cases of kidnap recorded in the state capital.

“It will be recalled that on Sept. 19, the four-year-old son of Alhaji Bukar Dalori, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was abducted in his school, but was rescued and the three culprits arrested by our FSARS.

“We are therefore renewing our clarion call to politicians in the state to always watch their back and report any threat to their lives by any person to the relevant security agencies,’’ Chukwu said. (NAN)