… commends Kano Gov, CP
From Paul Orude Bauchi
Governor Bala Mohammed has commended the Commissioner of Police in Kano State, Mohammed Gumel for the rescue of seven stolen kids from Bauchi State expressing joy that they had been recovered alive.
Mohammed gave the commendation on Wednesday when he received the seven kids who were earlier reunited with their parents by the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, at the Government, Bauchi.
The children were handed to the state governor by the Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Auwal Mohammed, in company with top security agencies in the state.
“Indeed the police command, the police Commissioner in Kano deserves special commendation,” the Bauchi governor who was in company with his Deputy, Auwal Jatua, the First Lady Aisha Mohammed and other key stakeholders including government and security agents, said.
“This is what we know policing should be,” an elated governor who revealed the abduction was a sad incident, assured that his administration would give the police and other related agencies the required tools to carry out their work.
He called on security agencies and other organizations saddled with issues of child rights in the state to see the development as a wakeup call and start working in earnest.
He challenged National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking of Persons (NAPTIP) to work hard to beam its search light on the state to avoid future occurrence.
“If this thing is not nipped in the bud, it is capable of bringing suspicious and mistrust between the different people in Nigeria,” he warned.
“It is unacceptable for people to be stolen and be sold, and their genecology, their linguistics, their faith changed, just because of the money.
“I hope these are the only victims. I hope many others have not been mutilated or killed”
The Bauchi State Governor thanked his Kano counterpart for reanimating the children with their parents and donating N500, 000 to each of them
Mohammed on his own part also donated N1 million to each of the seven recovered children.
Earlier while briefing the governor and members of his cabinet, the Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Auwal Mohammed thanked the governor for showing great concern on the plight of the kids.
The police boss revealed that it was the governor that intimated him about a viral video of the children and he swung into action by quickly contacting his Kano counterpart.
“I met him and had a brief about the excellent job they had done in Kano that led to the recovery of these abducted children,” he said.
The CP commended the quick response of the governor and his officials, especially the Chief of Staff in returning the children to Bauchi.
He revealed that the abduction of the children was carried out prior to the coming of the Bala Mohammed led administration.
“The whole thing started around 2016 or there about although there were two incidents in 2023,” he said,