A seven-year-old boy, identified as Abdullahi Rabi’u, has been found dead hours after he was allegedly abducted in the Majema area, along Ring Road, in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The tragic incident occurred on Monday after the boy was sent on an errand to a neighbour’s house but failed to return home, raising concerns among members of his family.
Abdullahi’s uncle, Sukairaj Danladi, who narrated the incident in Jos, said the child had successfully delivered the message at the neighbour’s house but did not return afterwards.
According to Danladi, the family became worried when Abdullahi failed to come home as expected, prompting concerns about his whereabouts.
The circumstances surrounding the boy’s disappearance and subsequent discovery of his body were not immediately clear from the available account.
The incident has raised fresh concerns about the safety of children in residential communities, particularly those sent on errands within their neighbourhoods.
Further details about the circumstances of the alleged abduction, the discovery of the boy’s body and any possible arrests were not available in the account provided.
