A 47-year-old man suspected to be a child kidnapper Nurudeen Badmus has been apprehended after he tried to kidnap four girls between 9-16 years, from their village in Abudu community, Iyana Ilogbo, Ado- Odo Ota in Ogun State on Monday April 13th.
According to PM News , Badmus was apprehended
after an acquaintance of one of the girls asked
him where he was taking them to. Unable to give a
concrete answer, the person raised an alarm and
he was immediately arrested and taken to the
palace of the local Chief (Baale) in the
community.
After much beating, he claimed the young girls
had come to him for financial assistance and was
only trying to help them.
"They came to me for financial assistance
to enable them go to Ajah in Lagos State. I
was taking them to Ajah when somebody
identified one of them. I am only assisting
them,” he said
His claim was however refuted by the girls who said
he told them that their parents were witches and
wizards and were planning to kill them. Jumoke,
one of the girls said
"I am 16 years old. Badmus lives near my
house. He told me my mother was a witch
and that she was planning to kill me. He
said I should follow him to a town to escape
being killed. He warned me not to tell my
mother. I didn’t know the place he was
taking me to. He also tried to rape me but
I resisted him,’’ she said
The youngest of the girls who gave her name as
Nimota, 9 years old, said the suspect picked her
from the road.
“He picked me on the road and told me
that my mother was a witch and was
planning to kill me. He said I should run
away with him. I don’t know where he was
taking me,” she said.
The police say further investigation into the
matter is ongoing.
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