A teenager, identified as Aminu, is suspected to have masterminded the abduction and subsequent murder of a three year girl in Dutsinma town of Katsina state.
21st CENTURY CHRONICLE gathered that the Amina Tukur was abducted from her father’s home Thursday last week.
The girl’s father, Tukur Dan Ali, said after his daughter was declared missing, he reported the issue in Dutsin Ma Police station.
“Later, Aminu, my nephew, approached me with a letter and said it was from the kidnappers. In the letter, the kidnappers said Amina was still alive but if I fail to provide N2 million they would kill her,” Dan Ali said.
He said after he had presented the letter to the police, his nephew was invited to explain how he come about the letter “and that was how he became a suspect.”
On how the corpse was discovered, Dan Ali said it was not Aminu, who was with the police then, who gave them the clue, rather they decided to check a relative house whose keys were in Dan Ali’s custody and Aminu was seen using the house lately.
“When we entered the house, there was a noticeable stench but as we searched from one room to another we found where the odour was coming from. When we moved in, we found Amina’s dead body stuck in a three setter,” he said.
21st CENTURY CHRONICLE leant that that the police in Dutsin Ma have transferred the case to the State Command, where Aminu and his three accomplices are being interrogated.
