The police command in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, said it arrested a suspect over the murder of a caregiver and toddler entrusted to her care in the Dawaki area of the FCT.

The FCT police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.

Ms Adeh said that the command on July 23 received a report of the sudden disappearance of Chinyere Anaene, a 55-year-old nurse at Clear Hope Foundation Academy, Dawaki, Abuja, and Nanenter Yese, a one-year and two-month-old toddler.

She said, “Later that day, while at the police station, the caregiver’s husband received a ransom demand of ₦250 million through her mobile phone. The command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit swiftly launched an investigation, employing digital forensics and traced the victims and suspects to Yelwa and Uke in Nasarawa State. On July 29, police operatives arrested a security guard at the school who was believed to be a possible suspect who later confessed to conspiring with his best friend, now still at large to commit the crime.’’

Ms Adeh explained that the suspects lured Ms Anaene to the school bathroom where they attacked and strangled her.

The FCT police spokesperson said the suspect then took the child from a classroom and murdered him in the same manner.

She said the bodies of the victims were placed in a sack, transported using a scavenger’s cart, and dumped in a canal.

“The suspect led police to the location, where the remains were recovered,” she added.

Ms Adeh expressed the command’s heartfelt condolences to the families of Ms Anaene and Baby Yese, assuring that justice would be pursued with full resolve on the matter.

(NAN)