Woman apprehended while attempting to kidnap 5-year-old

A middle-aged woman was apprehended by police while attempting to kidnap Bashir Jamilu, a 5-year-old nursery 2 pupil at Ulumuddin Primary School in Kano state.
Aisha Salisu Koki, the child’s mother, stated that her son left for school around 8:30 a.m. on February 1st.

She claimed he met a woman on the way who promised to buy him meat, noodles, and milk. The boy, on the other hand, chose not to listen to her and began crying.

“Along ‘lungun barebari,’ he fell to the ground, and she dragged him,” she said. He asked to be left alone near the school, but she refused, saying she would bring him back. That’s when people started to realize what was going on.

“When she was interrogated, she claimed he was her son, and people began abusing her because they suspected the child wasn’t hers.

“As soon as I arrived, I saw her dragging the child with other people who claimed he was her child.” They then portrayed her as his mother to me.

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“When she (the suspect) saw me, she started hitting me and asked if I was the one who gave birth to him.” My son was still crying and calling me ‘Umma ta’ over and over (my mummy).

“I took him into the school, and some police officers took her from the Vigilante people to the Jakara police station.”

“I applaud the Vigilante team’s efforts because they were the ones who saw her with the child and quickly identified the demon within her.”

Nasiru Ayuba Yusuf, the commander of the Koki Vigilante group, who was the first to see the woman with the boy, said he assumed she was his mother dragging him to school.

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“Regardless,” he said, “I told our people to keep an eye on it.” They called me back not long after to tell me she was a kidnapper.”

SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the state police spokesperson, confirmed the incident but said details were limited.