The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a young g man, identified as Abdulazeez Idris, for allegedly abd¥cting and k+lling his six-year-old cousin in Zaria.
The command’s spokesperson, Mansir Hassan, in a statement on Sunday, said the girl, Aisha Dahiru, was kidn@pped by the suspect on her way to Islamiya school.
He said the suspect later k+lled the girl after she recognised him while in captivity.
“On February 12, 2024, at about 1:00 hrs, Mr. Saidu Dahiru, father of the victim, a resident of Angwan Juma’a, Zaria, reported to the Zaria City police station that his daughter, Aisha Saidu, a six-year-old female, went missing on her way to Islamiyya school.
According to Mr. Dahiru, Aisha was allegedly abd¥cted by her cousin, Abdulazeez Idris, also residing in Angwan Juma’a, Zaria.
Following her disappearance, Dahiru received a phone call from an unknown individual, later identified as the perpetrator, demanding a ransom of ₦8,000,000 (eight million naira) for her safe return.
The case was transferred to the Anti Kidnapping Unit of SCID, Kaduna, where they traced and arrested the perpetrator, identified as Abdulazeez Idris, in Makarfi Local Government.
The suspect has confessed to c¥tting the six-year-old girl’s neck with a razor blade and then d¥mped her body in a well,” the statement reads.
