Police rescue 2-year-old boy, arrest suspects in kidnapping plot

The police said a 34-year-old man, Nansik Sule, conspired with the child’s mother, Catherine Davou, to fake the boy's kidnap.

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested suspects linked to a staged kidnapping involving a two-year-old child and separately uncovered a suspected kidnapping and armed robbery syndicate. The Force said operatives of its Intelligence Response Team made the arrests during two intelligence-led investigations. In the first c