{"id":7345,"date":"2026-07-03T07:46:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T07:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=7345"},"modified":"2026-07-03T07:46:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T07:46:58","slug":"police-rescue-abducted-eight-year-old-boy-in-gombe-arrest-four-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/police-rescue-abducted-eight-year-old-boy-in-gombe-arrest-four-suspects\/","title":{"rendered":"Police rescue abducted eight-year-Old boy in gombe, arrest four suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Gombe State Police Command has rescued an eight-year-old boy who was abducted in Akko Local Government Area of the state and arrested four suspects allegedly involved in the crime.<br \/><br \/>The command\u2019s spokesperson, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, in a statement issued on Thursday in Gombe, said the boy\u2019s father, Muhammadu Nabadara, reported the incident to the Akko Divisional Police Headquarters on June 28 after his son left home the previous day at about 6:30 am and failed to return.<br \/><br \/>The police said detectives immediately launched an investigation and intensified efforts to trace the missing child, adding that on June 29, the victim\u2019s family received a telephone call claiming to reveal the child\u2019s location, but the information turned out to be false after police verification.<br \/><br \/>Intelligence-led operations eventually led to a breakthrough on June 30, when operatives arrested the first suspect, identified as Abdullahi Mohammed of Jauro Musa Quarters in Kumo, Akko LGA.<br \/><br \/>\u201cDuring interview, Abdullahi Mohammed confessed to have conspired with Mohammed Magaji, 35; Sale Sale, 23; and Walida Ya\u2019u, 18, all of Kagarawal Quarters, Gombe, to abduct the victim,\u201d the statement said.<br \/><br \/>The police said the three other suspects were subsequently arrested and the abducted boy was found in their custody.<br \/><br \/>\u201cThe victim was successfully rescued unharmed and has since been reunited with his family. However, investigation is ongoing and the suspects will be charged in court for prosecution upon conclusion,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gombe State Police Command has rescued an eight-year-old boy who was abducted in Akko Local Government Area of the state and arrested four suspects allegedly involved in the crime. The command\u2019s spokesperson, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, in a statement issued on Thursday in Gombe, said the boy\u2019s father, Muhammadu Nabadara, reported the incident to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police rescue abducted eight-year-Old boy in gombe, arrest four suspects - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police rescue abducted eight-year-Old boy in gombe, arrest four suspects\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/police-rescue-abducted-eight-year-old-boy-in-gombe-arrest-four-suspects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police rescue abducted eight-year-Old boy in gombe, arrest four suspects\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police rescue abducted eight-year-Old boy in gombe, arrest four suspects\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/police-rescue-abducted-eight-year-old-boy-in-gombe-arrest-four-suspects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-03T07:46:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Gombe.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/03\\\/police-rescue-abducted-eight-year-old-boy-in-gombe-arrest-four-suspects\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/03\\\/police-rescue-abducted-eight-year-old-boy-in-gombe-arrest-four-suspects\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2f834a7a3cd82bce3be34e1a6fcdc621\"},\"headline\":\"Police rescue abducted eight-year-Old boy in gombe, arrest four suspects\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-03T07:46:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/03\\\/police-rescue-abducted-eight-year-old-boy-in-gombe-arrest-four-suspects\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":242,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/03\\\/police-rescue-abducted-eight-year-old-boy-in-gombe-arrest-four-suspects\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Gombe.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/03\\\/police-rescue-abducted-eight-year-old-boy-in-gombe-arrest-four-suspects\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/03\\\/police-rescue-abducted-eight-year-old-boy-in-gombe-arrest-four-suspects\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/03\\\/police-rescue-abducted-eight-year-old-boy-in-gombe-arrest-four-suspects\\\/\",\"name\":\"Police rescue abducted eight-year-Old boy in gombe, arrest four suspects - 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