Woman Kidnaps 13-Year-Old Girl, Demands N250K Ransom
Category: Crime News
The police in Ogun State have arrested a 27-year-old woman, Mariam Ayila for
allegedly kidnapping a 13-year-old girl, Sofiat Yusau.
The suspect
was arrested following a report lodged at the Agbara divisional headquarters
by one Ismail Yusau.
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The police spokesman in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the complainant had told
the police that he had sent his daughter on an errand to Agbara market, saying
he later received a strange call a few hours later from an unknown person that
his daughter had been kidnapped.
The complainant said the abductor
demanded a sum of N250,000 as ransom to free the victim, the police
spokesperson stated.
According to Oyeyemi, the DPO of Agbara
Division, CSP Abiodun Salau, had mobilized crack detectives, who he said
embarked on a technical and intelligence-based investigation.
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“Their efforts yielded positive results when the suspect was traced to her
hideout at Atan-Ota, where she was promptly arrested and the little girl was
rescued unhurt. Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had
earlier kidnapped another young girl at Itele Ota on the 19th of December
2022, with ransom paid to her before she released her victim,” he said.
According
to him, the suspect has been handed over to the Anti-kidnapping Unit of the
state CIID for further investigation and prosecution on the directive of
Commissioner of Police Lanre Bankole.
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