Nigeria: Police Rescue Three-Year-Old Boy, Arrest Four Suspects Over Abductions

AllAfrica21 October 2026, 15:02 UTCNigeria

[Premium Times] The Katsina State Police Command says it rescued a three-year-old boy and arrested four suspects while investigating two child-abduction cases involving ransom demands and payments through Point-of-Sale accounts.

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