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I Kidnapped My Sister To Raise Money For My Girlfriend - Nigerian Man

Donald Ugo

10.12.19

A Nigerian man is currently in Police custody for allegedly kidnapping his step-sister, in order to generate money for his girlfriend.

The suspect identified as Ibrahim Kazeem is a 22 year old who stays at Makera Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina state. Ibrahim reportedly conspired with his girlfriend identified simply as Murja to kidnap his step-sister, Asiya Kazeem. According to Ibrahim, the whole plan started when his girlfriend came around and ask him for money. When he couldn't meet up to her financial wants, she suggested that they kidnap his step-sister, so his father would cough out some money for ransom.

After the whole kidnapping plot, Ibrahim and Murja (his girlfriend) waited till his step sister was returning from Islamic school on the 16th of April, 2019. Ibrahim's girlfriend then looked after the little girl who was taken to Talata Mafara Local Government area of Zamfara state.

The ransom was placed at N3 Million at first, but Ibrahim pleaded with his gang members to accept the N200k ransom his father agreed to pay because he was already traumatized.

Katsina state police spokesperson, SP Gambo Isah confirmed the arrest of the suspect and further disclosed that the case was transferred to the State Criminal Interrogation and Intelligence Department, SCIID where SARS operatives took over.

He said;

“At the end, he was asked to drop the money at a designated place where there were many people. From there, they asked him to go and pass the night at a school where the child would be brought to him. Later they changed their mind and asked him to sleep at the motor park. Around 2am, they called him on the phone to go and pick the abducted girl at a designated place. They ordered him to go immediately and pick her before another group would kidnap her”.

Ibrahim, while speaking to Newsmen, said;

“My girlfriend came visiting and I kept her in an apartment detached from our main building.

“Nobody knew she was in that house. But during her stay, I could not give her money. She suggested that we should abduct my step -daughter so as to raise the money to give her. She said my father would not hesitate to bring out money for ransom.

“On the day she was returning from Islamic school, I took her to my girlfriend who was on a motorbike. I had to appeal to them to release her because of the tension Asiya’s disappearance caused. Now I am ashamed of myself “.

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