8-Year-Old Northern Schoolgirl Murdered By kidnappers after Collecting N3m Ransom

As Nigerians are yet to recover from the shock over the alleged kidnap and brutal murder of a five-year-old pupil, Hanifa Abubakar by her school teacher, another schoolgirl, an eight-year-old, Asma’u Wa’alamu, has been kidnapped and murdered, reports say.

The latest kidnap-murder allegedly took place in Zaria, Kaduna State.
Asma’u, according to sources, was in captivity for over a month. One of the sources, who did not want his name in print, said the incident was perpetrated by one Kabir, a neighbour to the victim’s father, Alhaji Shuaibu Wa’alamu.

The father of the murdered schoolgirl accused his neighbour of kidnapping and killing his 8-year-old daughter after he had paid N3 million ransom.

“After some days, the abductors called me and demanded N15m but we negotiated and I first gave them N2 million,’ Vanguard quoted Wa’alamu saying.

“They collected the money in Rigasa area of Kaduna. Later, they called me again and demanded another N1. 045m as the only condition to release my daughter.

“I did not argue. I gave the money to them. However, after paying the ransom as demanded on the 19th of January, they called me and told me that they had killed my daughter and switched off their phone.

“You see since from the initial stage, I was following her kidnappers and doing their bidding because of the fear of losing her. Now, they have killed her.

“I know those who kidnapped her and killed her. They are around us. I’ve strong evidence. I have told the police. And they are on it. In fact, the suspects have been arrested.”

State police spokesperson Muhammad Jalige said investigations have commenced on the matter and the command would address the media soon.

Via Vanguard