Eight suspects have been arrested by the Kwara State police command in connection with the alleged missing two months old missing.

The incident happened on May 25, 2025, at Zango area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

At a press conference in Ilorin on Saturday, the state police Commissioner, Adekimi Ojo, who announced the arrest of 37 suspects involved in various crimes, disclosed that one Aishat Tahiru of No 9, Maiduku area, Zango, in Ilorin reported at Kulende police station a disturbing case of a missing child.

According to the commissioner, ?Aishat stated that at about 2130hours, while observing her evening prayers, she left her two months old baby Adam Tahiru asleep on the sofa in her room. Shortly after, she instructed her daughter Mariam, to check on her, but to her dismay, the child was nowhere to be found.?

Ojo, said, ?an alarm was raised immediately prompting neighbours to conduct a search around the vicinity, but despite efforts, the baby could not be located.

?The matter was subsequently escalated and transferred to the state criminal investigation department, SCID, Ilorin on May 27,2025 for in-depth investigation.?

The police commissioner said during the course of the investigation, the lifeless body of baby Adam Tahiru, was discovered in a well within the same community.

?Following intelligence gathering and preliminary findings, eight suspects were arrested and are currently undergoing rigorous interrogation at the state CID,? he added.

Ojo further hinted that operatives of the state police command were working assiduously to unravel the abduction of a multimillionaire petrol dealer Abbas Daniyan and his manager, Abubakar Issa, who were abducted some 23 days ago at Gbugbu town in Edu Local Government Area of the state.

He said the police had embarked on combing the forest in search of the culprits, adding that three other kidnap incidents had happened after the May 10, 2025 kidnap saga of the two persons.

Other suspects were arrested for criminal conspiracy, receiving stolen property, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, illegal possession of firearms, criminal conspiracy, aiding and abetting, culpable homicide, house breaking, among others. (The PUNCH)

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