Crime
Police apprehend two brothers for kidnapping, killing of 8-year-old child
The Police Command in Oyo State has disclosed that arrest of two brothers for kidnapping and killing a boy of eight years old in Saki, Oyo State. The police paraded the two brothers at the police Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, Oyo State.
The arrested brothers were said to have taken the boy to an uncompleted building, where they poisoned him to death.
The arrested brothers identified as Abdulrazak Waliu, 23 years, and Abdulrazak Illias, 18 years, were said to be in the process of kidnapping the twin brother of the deceased for ransom, but detected that one of the twins may know them.
The boy was said to be poisoned with rat poison by the kidnappers to forestall him from exposing them.
The Oyo State Police Command in a statement disclosed that investigation is still ongoing, assuring that updates would be provided later.
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