{"id":779486,"date":"2020-01-09T18:15:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T18:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/09\/kidnapper-of-10-year-old-boy-arrested-in-yendi\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T18:15:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T18:15:26","slug":"kidnapper-of-10-year-old-boy-arrested-in-yendi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/kidnapper-of-10-year-old-boy-arrested-in-yendi\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidnapper of 10-year-old boy arrested in Yendi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tPrint<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"story-date\">Thursday 9th January, 2020<\/h4>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"main\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/arrest-handcuffs14.jpg\" alt=\"Arrest HANDCUFFS14.jpg67\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span style=\"display:none\" itemprop=\"description\">news, story, article<\/span><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Accra, Jan 9, GNA &#8211;<br \/>\nThe Yendi Divisional Police Command on wednedsay arrested one Mahamadu alias<br \/>\n\u201cFulani,\u201d a herdsman, for allegedly kidnapping the 10-year-old son of his<br \/>\nemployer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Mahamadu, together<br \/>\nwith the boy, had sent a herd of cattle for grazing but later took the boy<br \/>\nhostage and demanded GH\u00a220,000.00 from his employer, the biological father of<br \/>\nthe child for his release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">In a press release<br \/>\nby the Command, it said he took the boy from Kintampo in the Bono East Region<br \/>\non January 6, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">It said \u201cthe suspect<br \/>\ncalled the father of the boy on phone to inform him that he has kidnapped the<br \/>\nboy and would release him only if the father paid\u00a0 ransom of GH\u00a220,000.00\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">\u201cTrue to his demand,<br \/>\nthe suspect failed to return the boy and left the grazing field with him,\u201d it<br \/>\nadded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Police investigation<br \/>\nled to the arrest of the suspect two days later, on January 8, 2020 at Yendi in<br \/>\nthe Northern Region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">It said the victim<br \/>\nhad now been rescued and reunited with his father.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">GNA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"IL_IN_TAG\" value=\"1\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Go to www.addthis.com\/dashboard to customize your tools --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Print Thursday 9th January, 2020 news, story, article Accra, Jan 9, GNA &#8211; The Yendi Divisional Police Command on wednedsay arrested one Mahamadu alias \u201cFulani,\u201d a herdsman, for allegedly kidnapping the 10-year-old son of his employer. 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