Anastasia Okechukwu ReportingÂ
A 25-year-old woman, identified as Rahama Sulaiman has been arrested by Kano Police Operatives for allegedly kidnapping her six-year-old daughter, Hafsat Kabiru and demanded N3million ransom from her husband.
It was learnt that she took the daughter to a nearby relative in Madobi whom she told that she would be away for four days.
The Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Usaini Gumel, who disclosed this while parading the suspect and other criminal at the Kano Police Command’s headquarters said they received a report from the husband, Kabiru Shehu, that his daughter had been kidnapped.
“In a follow-up investigation, the victim was rescued in Madobi LGA and the wife, who was earlier divorced by the husband, confessed to having planned the kidnapping of her daughter.”
However, Speaking during the parade, the suspect said that her ex-husband did not give her money to feed the children for over 10 months so she decided to ‘kidnap’ the girl to get money from him to take care of his children.
“I called him and told him that our daughter was missing and we went to the police together and reported the matter. Inside the police station, I gave him the number of the guy that will receive the ransom,” she said.
She added that she regretted her actions and announced that she had reconciled with her husband.