A Magistrates’ court in Minna, Niger state, on Wednesday sentenced Mr Kabiry Salisu to six months imprisonment for abducting a 3-year old boy, The Nation reports.
Magistrate Amina Musa said that abduction was a serious crime and one that would have brought distress to the child’s parents.
Musa, who said the convict has shown remorse, sentenced him to six months imprisonment without an option of fine.
Salisu was arraigned on a two-count charge of trespass and abduction of a 3-year- old boy.
The prosecutor, Inspector Alfred Auta, told the court that one Baba Abubakar, reported the matter at Agaie Police Station on May 16.
Auta alleged that on Saturday, May 16, at about 2.30 a.m the convict trespassed into Abubakar’s compound and abducted the child.
He said the accused was later apprehended by the police and the child rescued. Salisu pleaded guilty to the charges and begged the court for leniency.
Cases of kidnapping seems to be on the rise nationwide. Just some few weeks ago, an alleged kidnapper, Gabriel Ogunsawe, opened up on how his two-man gang operated, kidnapping children from various churches on Sundays.
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