A 70 year old woman has been arrested by the Kwara state
police command for kidnap.
In Nigeria, victims
are usually kidnapped for ransom purposes and rituals but this 7 year old woman
(name withheld) kidnapped a three year old girl (name withheld) for…wait for
it, alms begging!
And the best part is, she “uses the proceeds from the alms
begging to feed and clothe the girl.” whom she has grown to adore in just a few
weeks.
A relative of the girl’s mother, Mrs. Maryam Abdulganiyu,
who spoke to journalists said the girl who was declared missing on March 25 by
her parents, was a few days found in a worship place, Ori-Oke at Basin area of
Ilorin, being used by the suspect for begging.
She was kidnapped from her Parent’s home in Old Shao Garage,
Ilorin.
How the girl was found:
Vanguard newspaper reports that Father of the girl had
approached a cleric at Ori-Oke for prayers.
While the search for the girl was on, her grandfather,
Mallam Isa, went to the same Ori-Oke to worship and saw the septuagenarian with
the missing girl.
He was said to have alerted the man of God in charge of the
centre that he had seen his missing grandchild with an unknown person.
They accosted the woman, who claimed the child was her
grandchild.
An argument followed and the matter was reported to the
police at Basin Divisional Police Station, Ilorin.
Police reportedly detained the two persons laying claim to
the child and another suspect, while investigation into the matter was still
ongoing.
However, relations of the victim requested the police to
probe the suspect thoroughly, saying the girl appeared to be psychologically
imbalanced and could hardly remember her name.
The Command’s Public
Relations Officer, Mr. Ajayi Okasanmi, has confirmed the arrest, adding that
the victim had been released to her parents.
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