Wife of Bauchi State Governor Dr Aishatu Bala Mohammed has narrated how three children kidnapped from Bauchi State by a strange woman were found in Anambra State.
She gave the name of the abducted children as Sabo Salisu, 3, Isah Abdulkadir, 4, and Nana Khadija Zakariya’u, 6.
Dr Aisha spoke while interacting with parents of the abducted children, police and members of Federation of Women Lawyers Association (FIDA) Bauchi State chapter, and village head of Gwallameji in her office.
She said the children were abducted by their neighbour who used to give them incentives in their parents’ compound.
Dr Aisha commended the security agencies for their effort in the rescue of the stolen kids.
“We don’t want Bauchi State to be the centre of missing babies… We are going to work hard. I will talk to the Emir of Bauchi, I will also talk to the members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, ulama and other stakeholders to see how we can end this kind of problems,” she said.
The governor’s wife criticised some parents for abandoning their responsibility of raising their children properly and advised the parents to make sure that they keep their wards safe always.
She pledged to mobilize the police with all they need to go to Anambra and bring the children back to Bauchi immediately.
The Police Deputy Crime Officer (DCO), Yelwa Division Inspector Nafiu Umar said the children were kidnapped in Gwallameji in Bauchi State but were rescued in Anambra through intelligence network of security operatives in the state.
He said the woman that abducted the children was a tenant in Gwallameji and she didnt leave anything that could have help them to trace her easily.
“The only thing found in her room was mat and bucket, and she paid her rent money in cash,” he said.
The Village Head of Gwallameji Alhaji Hassan Ibrahim said when he received the story about the incident he directed the parents to report the incident to police and they immediately started making effort to get the abducted children.
Ibrahim said the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) called him to enquire about the picture of two out of the three rescued children and he showed the picture to the parents of the abducted children and they identified them as their children. They asked about the remaining child and they replied that police had gone to bring him.
In their separate accounts of the incident, the three women named Maryam Habibu, Rashida Hassan and Saratu Isah said they were tenants in the house where the woman stayed for only five days.
They said the woman induced their children with gifts and the children were playing in their compound when they were kidnapped.
The parents said they were grateful to God for the rescue of their children and prayed to Allah to enable them reunite with their children, adding that they were happy when they discovered that their children were found in Anambra.
