Kidnappers demand ₦500,000 to release abducted Islamiya school girl
Kidnappers are demanding a ransom of ₦500,000 to release a five-year-old girl, Memunah Abdulrahman, who was abducted in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State.
The girl’s father, Abdurrahman Alimi, disclosed this in an interview with PUNCH Metro.
The missing girl, Memunah Abdulrahman, was abducted on March 9, 2025, while returning home from an Islamiya school.
The suspect was reported to have approached Memunah and her sister near a well-known supermarket in the Ejigbo community and lured them inside.
While pretending to purchase items for them, the suspect reportedly vanished with Memunah, leaving her sister behind.
Speaking on the ransom demand on Wednesday, Alimi said that the suspects contacted him via a private number last month (April) to demand the payment.
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“It was almost a month after my daughter was abducted that they called us. They hid their phone numbers and asked us to pay ₦500,000 before they would release my daughter.
“They hung up the phone and have not called back since then. I believe my daughter is still alive. We told the police about this development. They said we should ask them to contact us via WhatsApp.
“We don’t know what the police are doing about it. On Friday, it will be exactly two months since my daughter was abducted.”
The distressed father had appealed to the public for help to secure his daughter’s release.
“We need help. We are pleading with anyone who may recognise the suspect to come forward,” he said.
“Our daughter is only five years old, and we desperately need any assistance to bring her home.”
The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed that the Commissioner of Police, Owohunwa Jimoh, had ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department to take over the case.
Although the family acknowledged that SCID operatives visited the community shortly after the directive was issued, Alimi revealed that they had since been left in the dark regarding the progress of the investigation.
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