5 children missing in Abuja in 4 months

“I normally close 6:00 in the evening, so on my way back home my younger brother called me around 6:32pm and informed me that since around 2:00pm my son, Muazu, was not at home. I immediately reported to the chief of Kurudu and also to Kurudu police outpost. I gave his photograph to them and my contact but up till this time there is no information about him,” he said.

On the same day, our investigations showed that another five-year-old girl was also allegedly abducted while she was sent to buy soup ingredients at a nearby shop.

Malam Shu’aibu Musa, a native of Gwale in Kano State explained how his 5-year-old child, Maryam Shu’aibu, was abducted. “On August 15, the same day that my neighbour lost his child, Muazu, I also didn’t see Maryam. She was sent to a nearby shop to buy ingredients but she did not return,” he said.

“I have reported the case to the police and I am hoping that my child will be found. With what is happening; I don’t know if our lives here are safe, now they are kidnapping children, this may extend to adults if the security agencies fail to stop them,” he said.

The Sarkin Kurudu, Alhaji Haliru Bako, who also spoke with Aso Chronicle, said he has received reports of the missing children.

The chief called for vigilance as the incidents were increasing. He urged the police to post more officers and men to the area, saying the area was poorly policed due to lack of personnel.

He also urged residents of Kurudu to help the security operatives by supplying useful information to aid in combating crime.

The Nasarawa State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Idirisu J. Kennedy, told Aso Chronicle on phone that he “was not in the picture of what has happened.” He promised to get in touch with the DPO of Masaka and get back to our reporter but he never did.

However, a source at the Masaka police division confirmed the abduction, saying the station got a report of the alleged abduction.

The FCT police command spokesman, DSP Anjuguri Manzah, could not reply to a text message sent to his phone requesting for confirmation of the incidents. Though he had earlier, in a telephone conversation with our reporter, said the command was not aware if children were missing.