Police Arrest 70-Year-Old Woman For Allegedly Kidnapping A 3-Year-Old Girl

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Police Arrest 70-Year-Old Woman For Allegedly Kidnapping A 3-Year-Old Girl

A 70-year-old woman, Zenab Alabi, has been arrested by men of Kwara State Police Command for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old girl, Fatiah Mustapha.


The spokesman of the Police command,Ajayi Okesanmi, confirmed the arrest of the suspect to journalists in Ilorin yesterday. He stated that the victim had been released to her parents.


A relative of the girl’s mother, Mrs Maryam Abdulganiyu, in an interview with journalists in Ilorin said Fathia was found at a worship centre called Ori-Oke at Basin area of Ilorin, the state capital.


The worshipper, according to a source, initially claimed that the missing child was her grandchild but later said she found the girl wandering about following which she picked her up, using her to collect alms around the state capital.


The suspect was said to have claimed that she used the proceeds from the alms collection to buy clothes and feed the victim. The girl, according to investigation, was declared missing by her parents who reside at old Shao garage, Ilorin on March 25.

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After an endless search, her parents were said to have resorted to prayers to seek God’s intervention, and in a bid to seek God’s face, the father of the girl was said to have approached a man of God at Ori-Oke, located on mountain at Basin Ilorin.


While the search for the girl lasted, it was gathered that girl’s grandfather, Mallam Isa, went to the same Ori-Oke to worship where he saw the 70-year-old woman with the missing girl.


He was said to have quickly alerted the man of God in charge of the centre that he had seen his missing grand child in possession of an unknown person.