A middle-aged man, Jibril Falalu, has confessed to orchestrating his own mother’s abduction with the help of bandits.
The incident happened in Tsa/Magam community in Kankia LGA of Katsina State, where Falalu hails from.
The motive was to collect an undisclosed ransom, with Falalu instructing the bandits to kidnap his mother, but fortunately, she was rescued just a day later.
Salisu Bamle Bakatsine, who is a resident of the area, on Friday, stated that Falalu was arrested on Thursday by officials of Katsina Community Watch (KCW).
Bakatsine also posted a video of the confessional statement made by Falalu when he was being interrogated by KWC officials, on his X handle.
In the video, Falalu is heard saying, “I arranged for the abduction of my mother. We worked on it together with one Nakande and one other; we were three all together.”