A woman
has been arrested in Damaturu, Yobe State, for the kidnap of her 10-year-old
son. The woman, identified
as Barakat Daya, was arrested on Wednesday by the operatives of the State
Security Service, DSS, after her 10-year-old son, Mohammed Daya, was rescued
from kidnappers.
Her friend, Rukayat
Danladi was also arrested.
The DSS said it suspects
their culpability in the kidnap case.
The agency was called
in after the boy was kidnapped on Wednesday morning at Ben Kalio Housing
Estate, Damaturu. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of N5 million .
However, about 1920
hours same day, the operatives of the service rescued the boy in Potiskum town,
Potiskum Local Government Area. The town is about 100 kilometres from Damaturu.
The startling
revelation about the 10 year-old boy’s mother acting in connivance with
kidnappers was made by Tony Opuiyo in the end of the year statement cataloguing
the crime busting efforts of the secret agency.
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