A female teenager has been caught while trying to sell a boy she abducted to ritualists in Adamawa state.
The police command in the state said the 18year-old girl has been arrested.
According to reports, the teenage girl lured the boy from her neighbourhood in Michika and took him to Mubi in search of a buyer.
In a statement issued by the Spokeperson for the police command in the state, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, said the suspect was arrested following a tipoff.
Nguroje said the teenager told police investigators that she abducted the boy to raise money to buy a car and live a luxurious life.
He said “She took the little boy to Mubi to sell, but when she could not reach the buyers on phone, she decided to search for another buyer. She ended up talking to the wrong person, who in turn informed the police,” he said.
According to him, the teenager got in contact with a kidnapper during her recent visit to Mubi when a friend told her she could make money by supplying children to ritualists and human traffickers.
The police spokesman called on parents to look after their wards and report suspicious persons and movements to the nearest security post.
