By Abimbola Ogunnaike
The Kano State Police Command have arrested a 45-year-old woman, Zainab Rabiu, of Gwammaja Quarters in the state for allegedly kidnapping her brother’s six-year-old son, Almustapha Bashir, in Dala LGA.
The suspect was arrested alongside with three others involved in the incident.
It was learnt that the incident happened sometime in April when the boy was declared missing by his parents who reported the matter to the police.
It was further learnt that later, the father of the victim was contacted by some people who demanded a N20 million ransom but later agreed to collect N5 million after negotiations.
The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Muhammed Usaini Gumel, while parading the suspects, said, “In a follow up investigation by the police command, the victim was rescued unhurt, and his aunt, Zainab Rabiu, and three others, Abdulrasheed Saidu (27), Hassan Abdullahi (24) and Ahmed Saleh (25), were arrested.”
Narrating how she masterminded the incident, the principal suspect, Zainab, said she led one of the suspects to the house of her younger brother and directed him to abduct the boy.
“His father is my younger brother. I did that to get some money, but I didn’t get even N1 from the N5 million collected. When they received the money, I got arrested. I really regret what I did and will never repeat it,” she said.
