A 35 year old roasted meat (suya) seller, Aliyu Abdullahi, has been arrested by the police in Lagos State for allegedly attempting to slaughter a 4-year-old girl for Suya. Suya seller arrested trying to slaughter 4-year-old girl for suya.
Abdullahi reportedly abducted his victim at White sand area of Ebute Meta while she was playing with her mates in an open field but as he took her to a secluded area where he attempted to slaughter her with a knife, another man saw him. The man raised the alarm which attracted other people who rescued the girl.
Suya seller arrested trying to slaughter 4-year-old girl for suya
Abdullahi was said to have resisted the people trying to get him arrested and in the process, he stabbed one person and bit another but luck ran out on him as he was over powered and handed over to the police.
Confirming the arrest, the Commissioner of Police, CP, Mr Fatai Owoseni, said the Good Samaritans succeeded in rescuing the victim from the grip of the suspect. He added that one of the Good Samaritans in an attempt to disarm the suspect sustained minor injury on his hand.
The CP said, “The suspect was subsequently handed over to the Police at Denton Police Station, Oyingbo. Police investigation revealed that the suspect had abducted the little girl from where she was playing with her friends with the sole intention of slaughtering her. It is a clear case of kidnap and attempted murder.
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“The child has been reunited with her mother, while the kidnapper and would-be murderer will be arraigned in court.”
When approached by newsmen, the suspect Alliu could only mention his name, but could not express himself in English Language. His relative, Akilu Isa, who was also arrested, claimed that he was insane.
Isa said, “He is my brother, he is not mentally stable, he had a shock while he was a child, which affected his brain. At times, he would behave normal and at other times he would behave abnormally. I am a suya seller.
“I sell suya at White sand area of Ebute Meta. My brother was not okay before. He was treated in the village five years ago before he came to Lagos. Maybe the sickness has come back again. On the day of the incident, while we were selling suya, suddenly my brother started behaving funny. He grabbed the table and turned it upside down scattering the entire suya in the process.
“We all sell roasted meat (Suya) at the market. On that fateful day, the mental disorder gripped him. He immediately picked up the girl and at the same time, lifted a knife which he uses for Suya. At that point I beckoned on my other relative, Salisu, to come to the girl’s aid. We immediately gripped him and succeeded in retrieving the knife from him. Thereafter, we tied him with a rope.
“I was even the person that told a crowd, who attempted to beat him, to call the Police to arrest him. When the Police came, they took him away. But to my surprise, when I went to the station with the chairman of our section, I was arrested with another relative of ours. As I speak, I don’t know the reason why I am arrested,” Isa added.
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