Another kidnapped Kano child rescued in Anambra

The Police Command in

Kano State has confirmed the rescue of another child kidnapped from the state and sold at Onitsha, Anambra State.

The spokesman of the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who confirmed this in a statement yesterday, said the 11-year-old boy, Mohammed Ya’u, was kidnapped from PRP area of Kano metropolis by one Paul Owne and his wife, Mercy in 2014.

Daily Trust gathered that the child was then sold to one Ebere Ogbodo, who renamed and converted him to her religion.

Both Paul Owne, his wife and the alleged buyer of trafficked Kano kids, Ebere Ogbodo, have been in police custody since last month over the same offences.

The syndicate was said to be responsible for the kidnap and trafficking of eight children earlier recovered from Anambra.

In the statement issued yesterday, Kiyawa said efforts are on to rescue more of the missing children from the state.

He said, “In continuation of the command’s efforts to rescue the children kidnapped from Kano to other parts of the country, the command’s Anti-kidnapping team of Operation Puff Adder carried out another rescue operation, where one Muhammed Ya’u, 11-years-old, kidnapped in 2014 at PRP Quarters Kano, was successfully rescued at Onitsha in Anambra State.

“Victim was kidnapped by Paul Onwe and Mercy Paul and sold to Ebere Ogbodo at the sum of N200,000 and renamed Chinedu Ogbodo,” Kiyawa added.

He said all suspects are currently under investigation as the command intensifies efforts to rescue more of the missing children.