Reports have it that the Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of some of its officers allegedly involved in the abduction of minors in the state.
Confirming the arrest, spokesman for the command, ASP Ahmad Rufai, who simply revealed the names of the officers as ASP Kulu and one other named Elizabeth, stated that the command has commenced investigations into the alleged abduction of five children from the state.
It would be recalled that an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP Kulu, alongside her accomplice, Elizabeth, were arrested by the FCT police command for allegedly abducting five children, including a less than two-week-old baby girl in the state.
“Both the suspects and victims were transferred and handed over to the command from FCT police command for further investigation into the matter.”Rufai noted.
Meanwhile, among those abducted were three toddlers under the age of two, and a five-year-old named Asmau Ya’u, who was reportedly abducted while on her way to an Islamiyya school in Sokoto.
The suspects were said to have been apprehended while travelling from Sokoto to Abuja in an 18-seater commercial bus when some passengers alerted the police near Abuja after noticing that the custodians of the children could not breastfeed them during the seven-hour journey.
The state official of the Human Rights Network, Sirajo Madawaki, said the case was transferred to the network office in the state from Abuja, and an investigation into the case has since begun.
Madawaki assured that the network would pursue the case to its logical conclusion and ensure that the suspects were prosecuted and the children reunited with their respective parents.
It was gathered that one of the suspect, ASP Kulu, who was said to be serving with the Kubwa Division, had applied for leave, which was not granted before her trip to Sokoto.
