Suspected Boko Haram terrorists who abducted and killed a 10-year-old boy have been arrested by security operatives attached to the Inspector- General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris’ Special Intelligence Response Team.
According to politics Nigeria, the 10-year-old boy, Baa Goni Maina, was abducted in Maiduguri, Borno state on January 14 by 18-year-old Adam Bakura and his brother, Modu Bakura.
The suspected Boko Haram members
The suspected Boko Haram members asked the boy’s father to pay N10 million ransom but he could not provide it.
According to the police, the boy was tricked away from his street, down to a river bank where he was killed by the gang because his father could not pay the ransom.
The duo carried his body to a place called Gwange graveyard in Maiduguri town and dumped it there.
Investigation by security operatives revealed that the brothers were Boko Haram members.
The police said: “Adam has confessed to the killing of Maina. He said he killed the boy because the father couldn’t raise the N10 million ransom the gang demanded. The boy’s father begged them to collect N500,000."
“Adam further confessed that he had to stab Maina several times in the stomach to ensure he dies because the boy knew him and would disclose his identity to police if released. He said that he and the boy lived in the same area.”
It was also learnt that IRT operatives, with assistance from the Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU) tracked and first arrested Modu at Customs area of Maiduguri.
He later implicated his brother who had escaped to Monguno town which is 200km from Maiduguri.
Adam was arrested by ITR operatives and other policemen from Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Borno.
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