Kano emirate council and Arewa Consultative Discussion board (AFC) have learn riot act to kidnappers of kids from North, warning that the ugly act should cease to make sure a peaceable co-existence amongst all of the tribes.
Or not it’s recalled that final yr, some individuals had been arrested by the Kano state police command over an allegation of kidnapped seven youngsters from Bauchi and Kano states and promoting them to individuals within the Southeast and Lagos
The police paraded the 11 individuals attested in reference to the kidnapping of the seven youngsters and offered them at costs starting from N400,000 and N500,000
Nevertheless, these youngsters have been reunited with their dad and mom, who had been largely from Bauchi state.
Primarily based on the current incident of restoration of kidnapped youngsters made by the Kano Police Command, the ACF organised a gathering of all stakeholders on Saturday in Kano to proffer answer to the crime.
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, who was represented by Seriki Shanu Kano Alhaji Mohammed Shehu, vehemently condemned the act and referred to as for a long-lasting answer to the ugly act.
Nevertheless, whereas talking on behalf of the ACF, the Chairman, Dr Goni Faruk Umar referred to as on these individuals who interact on this satanically act and inhumanity remedy of harmless youngsters to, henceforth cease the stupidity ”
He additionally referred to as on the Nigerian authorities, conventional establishments, safety companies, group leaders, judiciary, and legislature to place palms on deck to arrest the state of affairs as soon as and for all.
In response to him,” We referred to as for this stakeholders assembly to point out our concern with the best way youngsters are kidnapped and offered within the state. Not even kidnapped, some had been offered by their dad and mom, some had been offered by docs within the hospital after supply, as confirmed to us by the police commissioner after we visited him.
“We visited the Police Commissioner and thanked him when he rescued eight youngsters just lately.
“The youngsters had been from Bauchi, they convey them to Kano, collaborate with warheads to provide them certificates of beginning, backdate them after which promote the kids.
“One in all them who purchased a toddler at N480,000 was arrested and the police commissioner informed us that she stated she purchased the kid as a result of within the Igbo tradition in case you don’t have a male baby you’ll not inherit your husband.
“That was the aim and comparable others, not that they’re utilizing the kid for rituals.
“We’re involved with the state of affairs that’s the reason we referred to as the Igbo leaders and different stakeholders to this convention. There’s additionally the difficulty of drug abuse related to Sabon Gari, we aren’t simply getting them to sentence the state of affairs, however to additionally work with them in combating the menace” the ACF chief acknowledged.
The consultant of the Igbo Group, Chief Uwaimo Ifeanyi who represented Igwe Igbo of Kano, Igwe Boniface Ibekwe, condemned the act and referred to as for the wrath of the regulation on the perpetrators.
“We obtained with shock and disbelief the kidnapping of kids that had been recovered by the police in Kano. We condemn this prison act in its entirety.
All of them referred to as on “the regulation to take care of the perpetrators as we dissociate with the act and stay regulation abiding”.
Different ethnic leaders current on the assembly embrace the Sarkin Edo of Kano, Fred Akhigbe of Kano, the chief of Igala group, Abubakar Ibochi and the Youruba chief in Kano, Yunus Salahuddeen Olanrewaju, represented the Oba of Yoruba, Alhaji Murtala Alimi Otisese all condemned the act and dissociate from it whereas promising to information their communities towards it.