The police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have apprehended an Assistant Superintendent of Police, known only as Kulu, and her accomplice, identified as Elizabeth, for their alleged involvement in the abduction of five children.
Among the abducted children is a baby girl less than two weeks old from Sokoto State, along with three toddlers under the age of two, and a five-year-old named Asmau Ya’u, who was reportedly taken while en route to an Islamiyya school in Sokoto, per SaharaReporters.
Suspicion arose when the suspects, travelling from Sokoto to Abuja in an 18-seater bus, failed to provide adequate care for the crying infant, drawing attention from fellow passengers.
Abba Danbaba and Comrade Nura Mukhtar of the Human Rights Network Nigeria recounted the alarming incident, stating, “On that Saturday (April 27), as we were travelling, we noticed that the children were in a frenzy and couldn’t talk. So, as we alighted at Deidei, we queried them to prove if they were their biological children to which they answered in the affirmative.”
“The ASP said she couldn’t breastfeed the toddler because she’s been battling breast disease. We then alerted Deidei police division who took the suspects to Gwagwa division and on Monday (yesterday), they were transferred to FCT command alongside the abducted children,” they added.
Investigations uncovered that ASP Kulu, purportedly serving with the Kubwa division, had sought leave, which was not approved before embarking on her trip to Sokoto.
Witnesses from Sokoto Motor Park and additional children found in her custody at her Deidei apartment further corroborated suspicions of her involvement in child abduction.
FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the incident, emphasizing that investigations are ongoing.
