The Kano State Police Command has announced the arrest of a 25-year-old woman, Raham Sulaiman, for allegedly “kidnapping” her 6-year-old daughter, Hafsat Kabiru and demanding N3m ransom from her ex-husband.
This was disclosed by the State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Usaini Gumel, when he paraded the woman alongside other suspects arrested for various crimes, at the police headquarters in Bompai.
The said woman allegedly took her daughter to a nearby relative in Madobi to keep for her, claiming she would travel for several days
According to the Police Boss , the command received a report from the husband, Kabiru Shehu, that his daughter had been kidnapped.
“On 08/05/2023, a report was received from one Kabiru Shehu of Sharada Quarters, Kano Municipal LGA that his divorced wife, one Rahma Sulaiman , ‘f’ , 25 years old informed him that his daughter named Hafsat Kabiru, ‘f’, 6 years old was missing, and that unknown persons called her through her mobile phone demanding the sum of Three Million Naira (N3,000,000:00k) as ransom,” the police boss stated.
In a follow-up investigation, the victim was rescued in Madobi LGA. The divorced wife was arrested and confessed to having planned, took her daughter to a hideout and demanded the ransom.
