Kano Police arrest man who kidnapped two siblings, killed one
Kano Police Command HQ
Kano State Police Command has arrested a 21 year-old man, Auwalu Abdulrashid, alias Lauje, who kidnapped two siblings and murdered one, a 13-year-old girl, Zuwaira, PM News reports.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, disclosed this in a statement he made available on Tuesday night in Kano.
The suspect first kidnapped on June 7, 2021, a three-year old sibling of the girl, identified as Muttaka, in Tofa local government.
“He demanded for ransom of N2 million, later settled and collected N100,000, and abandoned the child at Dawanau Special Primary School, Dawakin Tofa local government area,” he said.
He then went for the 13-year-old girl on 21 June.
The PPRO said that the kidnapper demanded N1 million ransom, and later settled for N400,000.
“While negotiating for the ransom, the body of the victim was discovered in an uncompleted building, slaughtered and buried,” he said.
He revealed that, on receipt of the report, the police visited the scene, where the corpse was exhumed and examined by a Medical Doctor.
