Police arrest teenagers for kidnapping 3 young siblings

The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three teenagers in connection with the abduction of three siblings, all under the age of 14, from their home on Calabar Road, Sabon Layi, in Kaduna North Local Government Area.

According to the spokesperson of the command, DSP Masir Hassan, a distress report was lodged by a father that his three children Aslam Umar Lukman (14yrs), Suleiman Umar Tanko (12yrs), and Aliyu Umar Tanko (10yrs) were kidnapped on 25th August 2025 at about 1345hrs, with the kidnappers demanding a ransom of fifty million naira (N50,000,000).

‘’Upon receipt of the report, operatives of the Command, through strategic intelligence gathering and tactical communication, lured one of the suspects, Richard Philip the Kingpin, out of their hideout and eventually he was arrested. During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime and revealed that he conspired with Ibrahim Ma’aruf (18yrs) and Abubakar Sadiq (15yrs) to kidnap the children and hide them at his residence.”

Hassan said that acting on the credible intelligence, the police swiftly stormed the location, arrested the culprits, and rescued all three victims unhurt.

He said the rescued children have since been safely reunited with their family by the Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State Command.