A fifty-year-old father, identified as Dauda Ibrahim from Idah in Idah Local Government Area of Kogi State, has been arrested for the alleged kidnapping and killing of his fifteen-year-old daughter, Sherifah, for ritual purposes.
The suspect, who is said to be a staff member of the Federal Polytechnic, Idah, in the Department of Works and Fire Services unit, was alleged to have conspired with two other people, Isah Adams and one Adah, to perpetrate the nefarious act.
According to the report, the late Sherifah was said to have been kidnapped on August 4, 2022, at their residence in Okenya along Itayi Street in the Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that the girl’s remains were discovered in a shallow grave a few days after her disappearance, with the body mutilated and some vital organs missing.
The Kogi State Police Command confirmed the incident and announced the arrest of the suspect and his accomplices.
The state command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Williams Ayah, confirmed the incident and said that the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Egbuka, has directed the matter to be transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department in Lokoja.
“The commissioner of Police, CP Edward Egbuka, has ordered an investigation into the case of an alleged kidnapping, killing and disappearance of body parts of a young lady identified as Miss Sherrifah, a fifteen-year-old girl in Idah by her father,” he said.
The Command’s PPRO assured that the police will conduct a thorough investigation into the matter to establish the circumstances leading to the kidnapping and death of the deceased and arrest the culprits who perpetrated the act.
