Fareeda, the two- year- old
daughter of a slain broadcaster, who was abducted by gunmen in Ikorodu area of
Lagos State, has been released.
Sources told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) that the abductors released the little girl and a friend of her
mother on Monday evening at Ikorodu.
They were released after the
husband of the deceased broadcaster parted with an undisclosed ransom.
NAN learnt that the two-year-old
girl has reunited with her father and other family members.
It was gathered that the
abductors had taken Fareeda and her mother’s friend to a deserted area and
handed over transportation fare to the pregnant woman.
NAN further gathered that the
kidnappers got in touch with the father, who later gave them some money.
”The girl’s father was instructed
to go and wait for them at a particular place but the gunmen dropped the girl
and the woman at another place.
”The suspected kidnappers gave
the woman some money for transportation to take the little girl home,” a source
said.
The Lagos State Command Police
Public Relations Officer [PPRO], SP Dolapo Badmos confirmed the release of the
little girl and her mother’s friend.
Badmos said: “Yes I can confirm
that they have been released, but I don’t have any information on when they
were released.”
Meanwhile, Kebbi State Police
Command has commenced investigation the alleged kidnap and murder of a
teenager, Zara’u Bello, in Kimba, Jega Local Government Area of the state.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr
Kabiru Ibrahim confirmed the commencement of the investigation.
He said that some suspects had
been arrested and the case transferred from Jega Divisional Office to the State
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for thorough investigation.
Ibrahim said that some of the
suspects were still at large.
He gave the assurance that the
command would do its possible best to bring the culprits to book.
Meanwhile, the father of the
17-year-old teenager, Alhaji Bello Kimba, told NAN that the body of his
daughter was discovered in the bush three days after her sudden disappearance
last Wednesday.
Kimba said that the deceased was
going to her sister’s house between 7p.m. and 8p.m. when she disappeared.
(NAN)
(NAN)
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