A suspected kidnapper has been arrested by the Nasarawa state police and has allegedly confessed to selling children for N1000 each.

One Linus Emmanuel, a Media Monitoring Officer at The Nigeria Football Federation, who shared this in a Facebook post on Wednesday, March 31, said the suspect identified as Umaru confessed to have kidnapped five children in Mararaba and Masaka axis of Nasarawa and sold them for N1000 each to the second suspect, Bawa Madaki.

"Finally Umaru the kidnapper of children in mararaba & masaka has been arrested. Umaru said he has kidnapped over five children within mararaba, masaka axis and sold them#1000 each to BAWA MADAKI in masaka there. Thank God both were arrested by the police" he wrote.