A three-year-old boy is safe after the Katsina State Police Command rescued him and arrested four suspects in connection with two separate child-abduction cases.
Both cases involved ransom demands, with payments reportedly made through Point-of-Sale accounts, pointing to an increasingly common method criminals use to collect money while staying harder to trace through traditional banking channels.
The four suspects are now in custody as investigations continue. The details of how the rescue operation unfolded have not been made public, but the swift arrests suggest police were able to follow the financial trail left by the PoS transactions.
For families across Katsina and beyond, the case is a reminder that child safety remains a pressing concern, and that the methods used by kidnappers are evolving. What authorities plan to do next with the four suspects in custody is the question everyone is watching.
Originally published by AllAfrica.