The Kaduna State police command had on 26th August 2025 at about 1500hrs, a distress report was lodged by a father that his three children, Aslam Umar Lukman (14yrs), Suleiman Umar Tanko (12yrs), and Aliyu Umar Tanko (10yrs) were kidnapped on 25th August 2025 at about 1345hrs, with the kidnappers demanding a ransom of fifty million naira (₦50,000,000).
Upon receipt of the report, operatives of the Command, through strategic intelligence gathering and tactical communication, lured one of the suspects, Richard Philip the Kingpin, out of their hideout and eventually he was arrested. A statement signed by the command public relations officer DSP Mansur Hassan said during interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime and revealed that he conspired with Ibrahim Ma’aruf (18yrs) and Abubakar Sadiq (15yrs) to kidnap the children and hide them at his residence.
The statement explained that acting on the credible intelligence, the police swiftly stormed the location, arrested the culprits, and rescued all three victims unhurt.
The rescued children have since been safely reunited with their family by the Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State Command.
It added that the state Commissioner of Police CP RABIU MUHAMMAD psc, mni, reiterates the command’s unwavering commitment to the protection of lives and property, urges parents to be vigilant and assures the public that all forms of criminality will be met with decisive action.
