70-Year-Old Woman Arrested For Kidnap

A 70-Year-Old woman has been arrested by Kwara State Police Command for the kidnap of a 3-Year-Old girl, Fathia Mustapha.
Vanguard reports, Mustapha was declared missing on March 25, 2015, by her parents who live at old Shao Garage, Ilorin.
A relative of the girl’s mother, Mrs. Maryam Abdulganiyu, said the girl was found in a worship place, popularly called Ori-Oke at Basin area of Ilorin.
The victim’s father was said to have approached a cleric at Ori-Oke. While the search for the girl was going on, her grandfather, Mallam Isa, went to the same Ori-Oke to worship and saw the old woman with the missing girl. The man raised the alarm and alerted the man of God in charge of the centre that he had seen his missing grandchild with an unknown woman.
Zenab insisted that the victim was her grandchild, but later confessed that she had found her wandering in a lonely place. The old woman was reportedly using the little girl for begging in the metropolis.
Refusing to release the girl, the old woman and Mustapha’s relatives started arguing. After that the matter was reported to the police at Basin Divisional Police Station, Ilorin.
Police detained the two persons laying claim to the child and another suspect, while investigation into the matter was still ongoing.
Ajayi Okasanmi, the command’s public relations officer, confirmed Zenab’s arrest on Sunday, May 10, The Punch reports.
He said: “The suspect is still with us. The girl has been released to her parents.”
Meanwile, relatives of the victim asked the police to probe the suspect thoroughly, saying the girl appeared to be psychologically imbalanced and could hardly remember her name.