The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a kidnapper who strangled a 6-year-old boy, Abdulhafiz Buba Aliyu, because his parents could not raise the ransom of N3.5 million he had demanded. The kidnapper, Abubakar Kawu, 29, would be charged with culpable homicide, according to the police command in Adamawa State. Kawu of Unguwan Tutayera-Amare in the Jada Local Government Area allegedly abducted 6-year-old Aliyu and strangled him to death.
By Dirisu Yakubu & Fortune Eromosele
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, ex- Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, Thursday, identified investment in the education of youths as the panacea to the myraid of challenges facing the nation.
The trio spoke in Abuja at the launching of an educational foundation, championed by former acting national chairman of PDP, Abubakar Kawu Baraje.
Lauding Baraje for the initiative, Atiku said the foundation birthed at the right time given the need to “salvage our frail nation from the resultant negative impact of poor public investment in Human Capital Development,” as evidenced in “our abysmal ranking in the global Human Capital Development index.”