A 16 year old JS3 student in a Katstina School, Abubakar Abdulbasir has been arrested by the State Police Command in connection with the abduction of a four year old girl.
Luck ran out of Abubakar when a woman very much aware of the
disappearance of the little girl, waspassing by the uncompleted building where
he hid her in Marabar Kankara town in Malumfashi LGA of Katsina State saw the
missing girl in company of the teenager.
Sources said when the woman quizzed Abdulbasir on what he was doing with the little girl, he said, they were just chatting but told the woman that she can go back home with the girl if she wants and she gladly did.
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But when the woman took the little girl home, she narrated her encounter with Abubakar to her parents, prompting the father to immediately report the case at the Malumfashi Police Station.
The father of Abubakar was invited for questioning
concerning the whereabout of his son, who was then at large.
When Abubakar later got home, his mother informed him that his father was
invited by the police and is being questioned over his whereabouts, and open
hearing this, he decided to turn himself in, while confessing to committing the
crime.
Abdulbasir Abubakakar, in his
confession, said: “Yes it is true that I kidnapped Halima my cousin. I hid her
in an uncompleted building outskirt of town and then put a phone call through
to her parents demanding for N70,000. I also threatened that they may lose her
if they fall to provide the money. Immediately, I terminated the call, my
conscience prick me that this path I have toed is dangerous and against my
religion.
I am very sorry for my action. I am asking for forgiveness. I have realized my
mistakes.”
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Superintendent of Police, SP
Isah Gambo, while parading the suspect at the state police command said:
“One Sanusi Abubakar of Marabar-Kankara village in Malumfashi LGA reported to
the police that since his 4-years-old daughter, Halimatu Sanusi got missing and
all efforts to trace her whereabout proved abortive. He later received a phone
call that his daughter has been kidnapped, and he is being threatened to pay
the sum of seventy thousand naira (N70,000) or risk losing her. Subsequently,
the Police Anti-Kidnapping unit, swung into action, carrying out a diligent and
meticulous investigation which led to the arrest of the mastermind, one
Abubakar Abdulbasir, ‘M’, aged 16yrs of Marabar-Kankara village. In the course
of investigation, suspect confessed to the commission of the offence.”
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