Rahma Sulaiman, 25, a lady who allegedly faked the kidnapping of her six-year-old daughter Hafsat Kabiru and demanded N3 million in ransom from her husband Kabiru Shehu, is currently cooling her feet in Kano police detention.
Similar to this, a 45-year-old lady named Zainab Rabi'u was detained for organizing the abduction of her younger brother, Almustapha Bashir, and making a N20 million ransom demand that ultimately dropped to N5.1 million through a series of negotiations.
CP Gumel in a statement while parading the suspects at the State force headquarters in Bompai said, “On 08/05/2023, a report was received from one Kabiru Shehu of Sharada Quarters, Kano Municipal LGA that his divorced wife, Rahma Sulaiman, 25-years-old informed him that his 6 years old daughter with the name as Hafsat Kabiru, was missing and that unknown persons called her through her mobile phone demanding the sum of Three Million Naira (N3,000,000:00k) as ransom.
“In a follow-up investigation, the victim was rescued in Madobi LGA. The divorced wife was arrested and confessed to having planned, took her daughter to a hideout and demanded the ransom,” he said.
In a related development, the Police Commissioner said, “Sometimes in 04/04/2023, we received a report from a resident of Kofar Ruwa Quarters, Dala LGA, Kano State that his son, one Almustapha Bashir, 6 years old was kidnapped and a ransom of Twenty Million Naira (N20,000,000:00) was demanded which they settled at Five Million, One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N5,150,000:00).
“In a follow-up of the investigation, the victim was rescued unhurt and the following suspects were arrested, Zainab Rabi’u, 45 years old of Gwammaja Quarters, a masterminder and an aunt to the victim that organized and arranged the Kidnapping. Others were Abdurrashid Sa’idu, 27 years, Hassan Abdullahi, 24 years old and Ahmed Saleh, 25 years old, all of Sheka Quarters Kano. All suspects confessed to the crime and will be charge to court upon completion of the investigation,” CP Gumel said.
