Woman Arrested While Trying To Kidnap 5-year-old

A middle-aged woman has been arrested by the police while trying to kidnap a 5-year-old nursery 2 pupil, Bashir Jamilu of Ulumuddin Primary School in Kano state.

The mother of the child, Aisha Salisu Koki stated that her son left home for school around 8:30am on February 1st.

She said that on his way he met a woman who promised to buy meat, noodles, and milk for him. However, the boy chose not to listen to her and started crying.

She said: “Along ‘lungun barebari’, he fell on the ground and she dragged him. Just beside the school he asked to be left to go in but she refused saying that she will bring him back. That was when people began to understand what was happening.

“When she was queried, she said he’s her son and people started beating her because they knew the child wasn’t hers.

“The moment I arrived at the place, I met her dragging the child with other people saying he’s her child. They then showed her to me as his mother.

“Upon seeing me, she (the suspect) started hitting me asking me if I was the one who gave birth to him. My son was still crying while repeatedly calling me ‘Umma ta’ (my mummy).

“That’s when I took him into the school and some policemen took her from the Vigilante people to Jakara police station.”

“I really commend the effort of the Vigilante people here because they were the ones who saw her with the child and swiftly unmask the demon in her.”

The commander of Koki Vigilante group, Nasiru Ayuba Yusuf, who was the first person to see the woman with the boy said he thought she was his mother dragging him to school.

He said; “I told our people to watch it notwithstanding. Not too long, they called me back to inform me that she’s a kidnapper.”

The state police spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa also corroborated the incident but said details were limited.