FAMILY SEEKS HELP AS KIDNAPPER ABDUCTS 5-YEAR-OKD DAUGHTER IN LAGOS. (PHOTO)..

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 Family seeks help as kidnapper abducts five-year-old daughter in Lagos The family of Memunah Abdulrahman is appealing to the public for assistance after their five-year-old daughter was abducted by a suspected kidnapper in the Ejigbo area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt on Tuesday that the missing girl was abducted on March 9, 2025, while she and her sister were returning from an Islamic school. According to sources, upon reaching a popular supermarket in the community, the suspect approached Abdulrahman and her sister and led them inside the store. While pretending to buy them some items at the supermarket, PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect disappeared with Memunah, leaving her sister behind. After the incident was reported at the Ejigbo Divisional Police Headquarters, the police reviewed the CCTV footage, which revealed the suspect abducting the child and escaping in a tricycle. Speaking to PUNCH Metro on Tuesday, Abdulrahmanā€™s distraught mother, Mrs Bashirah, pleaded with ...

POLICE ARREST MAN, GIRLFRIEND FOR MURDERING SEPTUAGENARIAN. (PHOTO).


 Police arrest man, girlfriend for murdering septuagenarian


A 33-year-old man, Ikechukwu Okoye, and his girlfriend, Juliet Ogbodo, 39, have been arrested by the Enugu State Police for allegedly abducting and murdering a 70-year-old woman, Mrs Mary Nwatu.


The couple, from Onuorie-Obuno in Akpugo Community, Nkanu West Local Government Area, allegedly buried the victim in a shallow grave and demanded a N6 million ransom from her children.


They were caught after collecting N20,000 from the family to facilitate a phone call with the victim.


A statement on Thursday by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said the commandā€™s Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad made the arrest.


According to him, preliminary investigations revealed that Mrs Nwatu was reported missing on September 15, 2024.


Ndukwe explained, ā€œOn October 5, 2024, Ikechukwu Okoye, identified as the principal suspect and a kinsman of the victim, began contacting her children, demanding a ransom of N6m.


ā€œUpon his arrest, which followed credible intelligence reports, Okoye confessed to kidnapping Mrs Nwatu on September 14, 2024, around 8:00 am.


ā€œHe stated that the victim came to their house to look for his mother when he kidnapped, murdered, and buried her in a shallow grave inside an uncompleted building in the compound.ā€


He added that Okoye also confessed to demanding a ransom from the victimā€™s children, initially asking for N6 million which was later negotiated to N3 million.


ā€œHe eventually received payment of N20,000 which was to allow the children to hear their motherā€™s voice via the phone before further payments.ā€


Ndukwe explained that upon interrogation, Okoyeā€™s mistress confessed to being aware of the crime but failed to report it to the police or any other relevant authorities for being afraid.


ā€œThe victimā€™s corpse has been exhumed and deposited at a mortuary for preservation and autopsy.


ā€œThe suspects, along with any other individuals found complicit in this heinous crime, will be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of investigations,ā€ Ndukwe added.

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