The Taraba state police command have arrested a 22-year- old student of the Adamawa State University Jalingo, Abdulbasid Umar, for kidnapping his ten-year old sister, Amina Umar and demanding a N10 million ransom from their father. .
Misai said “The mastermind of the crime, Abdubasit Umar, who happens to be a biological brother of the victim (Amina Umar), had criminally conspired with other suspects and lured the innocent girl into a Blue Honda Hennessy car marked MKF 67JK Kaduna. They drove her to Dove Hotel in Mayo Dassa, where she was held captive. .
The suspects contacted the family and demanded a ransom of 10,000,000 naira. The kidnappers later accepted to collect the sum of N4 million. In the process of collecting the ransom at Wuro-Sambe, an outskirt of Jalingo, they were tracked down and arrested. The victim was rescued.” .
When interrogated, the suspect said “My intention of kidnapping my younger sister was to get N10 million. My aim is to get the money and travel abroad.”
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