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Abdulazeez Idris, kidnapper and killer of the six-year-old relation, at her grave
•How we nabbed him — Kaduna Police
By GARBA MUHAMMAD, Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command has apprehended a kidnapper of children for alleged abduction and killing of his six-year-old female relation.
Spokesperson of the Kaduna State Police Command, ASP Mansir Hassan, in a statement on Sunday, May 12, 2024, said that on February 12, 2024, at about 1:00 hours, 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.
Aisha was allegedly abducted by her cousin brother, Abdulazeez Idris, also residing in Angwan Juma’a, Zaria.
Following her disappearance, Mr. Dahiru received a phone call from an unknown individual, later identified as the perpetrator, demanding a ransom of ₦8million for her safe return.
“The case was transferred to Anti Kidnapping Unit of SCID Kaduna, where they traced and arrest the perpetrator, identified as Abdulazeez Idris, in Makarfi Local Government.
“The suspect confessed to the heinous crime, admitting to slaying the innocent child by brutally slashing her neck with a razor blade on the account that she recognized him and then went on to dispose her lifeless body in a well”, the statement added.
