Friday, June 13, 2025 - The police in Katsina state have arrested a 14-year-old girl for allegedly faking her own abduction and orchestrating the k!dnapping of her four-year-old sister, in a desperate plot to extort a N50 million ransom from their father.
Disclosing this to newsmen, the spokesperson of the command,
DSP Abubakar Sadiq, said the case began on February 20, 2025, when the command
received a complaint letter from one Alhaji Badamasi Bala, male, of Madaci Yan
Nono Quarters, Katsina, reporting the kidnapping of his daughters, aged 14 and
4, respectively. The distraught father had told the police that a ransom of
N50m was demanded by the kidnappers for their release.
“About four
months after the kidnapping, the eldest daughter resurfaced. When questioned,
she confessed to having conspired with three others to kidnap her 4-year-old
sister and faked her own abduction.”
Following her confession, the remaining three members of the
syndicate, aged 25, 19, and 16, were swiftly arrested, and the four-year-old
victim was rescued unharmed.
“They all
confessed to committing the offence” Sadiq said
The police imagemaker mentioned that during the
investigation, one live round of 7.62mm ammunition was recovered from their
possession.
He added that the investigation is ongoing.
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