By Ibrahim Yunusa
Kebbi State Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old woman allegedly kidnapping a four-years-old friend’s son, Abdulmumini Surajo, demanding a ransom of 5 million Naira from his family.
A security analyst, Zagazola Makama, has post on his X account that the boy was avowed missing 26th November, 2025.
Zagazola stated that hours after the missing of the boy, his father received a call from an unfamiliar number with a female’s voice demanding a ransom of ₦5 million.
According to the analyst, the number was traced by police detectives and found that the user’s name is Muhammad which hunted and arrested.
He wrote, “The victim, Abdulmumini Surajo, went missing on November 26, 2025. Later that day, the father received a call from an unknown female voice demanding a ransom of five million naira (N5,000,000). Police detectives traced the call and identified the caller as Maryam Muhammad, 25, a married woman from the same area.”
Makama added that after the woman was arrested, she was also reportedly confessed to the abduction.
The child was rescued unharmed by the police operatives by 6:08 pm in Mahuta of Fakai Local Government are of the state where the suspect allegedly kept him.
Confirming the incident when contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Nafi’u Abubakar, on Monday, has said, “The suspect had a misunderstanding with the mother of the boy and decided to retaliate by kidnapping him. She is currently in our custody, and an investigation is ongoing.”
This development is coming amid the wave of security tensions in the state where female students were abducted after bandits stormed and raided a girl’s secondary school in the state.