Zainab Rabiu, 45, of Gwammaja Quarters in Kano metropolis, Kano State, has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping her brother’s six-year-old son, Almustapha Bashir, in Dala LGA
The suspect was apprehended along with three other people involved in the incident.
The incident occurred sometime in April, when the boy was declared missing by his parents, who reported the incident to the police.
It was also learned that the victim’s father was contacted later by some people who demanded a N20m ransom but later agreed to collect N5m after negotiations.
While escorting the suspects, the state’s Commissioner of Police (CP), Muhammed Usaini Gumel, stated, “In a follow-up
The victim was rescued unharmed, and his aunt, Zainab Rabiu, and three others, Abdulrasheed Saidu (27), Hassan Abdullahi (24), and Ahmed Saleh (25), were arrested.”
The main suspect, Zainab, described how she orchestrated the incident by leading one of the suspects to her younger brother’s house and instructing him to abduct the boy.
“His father is my younger brother,” she explained. I did it to get some money, but I didn’t even get N1 from the N5 million I collected. I was arrested after they received the money. “I deeply regret what I did and will never do it again.”
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