Bolanle Akanji
Moderator
The Police Command in Plateau on Monday arrested two men for the alleged murder of a nine-year-old girl, Ummi Abdullahi.The suspects are also suspected of selling the girl’s parts to a buyer for N400,000.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Chris Olakpe said the suspects attacked Ummi on her way to buy massa for her father, Abdullahi Umar.
“On Nov. 14, one Mr Abdullahi Umar of Dauda Area, Nasarawa Gwong, reported at the Nasarawa Gwong Police Station that his daughter was missing.
“The next day the corpse of late Ummi Abdullahi was found at the back of an uncompleted building in Fillin Sukuwa area, Jos, with her mouth, tongue and private part removed.’’
The commissioner said that when the woman selling the massa was invited by the police for questioning, she mentioned one Auwalu Sani. The police arrested Sani and from the interrogation, he confessed to have conspired with one Nafiu Usman to sell the girl to one Alhaji Aminu Sale at of N400,000.
Olakpe said the suspects confessed that they had earlier sold one Hajara Abubakar, 12, to the same person for N300,000.
Alhaji Aminu Sale is currently in Police custody.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Chris Olakpe said the suspects attacked Ummi on her way to buy massa for her father, Abdullahi Umar.
“On Nov. 14, one Mr Abdullahi Umar of Dauda Area, Nasarawa Gwong, reported at the Nasarawa Gwong Police Station that his daughter was missing.
“The next day the corpse of late Ummi Abdullahi was found at the back of an uncompleted building in Fillin Sukuwa area, Jos, with her mouth, tongue and private part removed.’’
The commissioner said that when the woman selling the massa was invited by the police for questioning, she mentioned one Auwalu Sani. The police arrested Sani and from the interrogation, he confessed to have conspired with one Nafiu Usman to sell the girl to one Alhaji Aminu Sale at of N400,000.
Olakpe said the suspects confessed that they had earlier sold one Hajara Abubakar, 12, to the same person for N300,000.
Alhaji Aminu Sale is currently in Police custody.
