The family of a five-year-old, Memunah Abdulrahman, has been approached by suspected kidnappers who kidnapped her in Lagos State’s Ejigbo area and want a N500,000 ransom.
In an interview with The Intercept, Abdurrahman Alimi, the girl’s father, revealed this.
On March 9, 2025, Memunah Abdulrahman, the missing girl, was kidnapped as she was on her way home from an Islamic school.
According to reports, the guy approached Memunah and her sister outside a popular Ejigbo store and enticed them inside.
The suspect allegedly disappeared with Memunah, leaving her sister behind, while feigning to buy things for them.
Alimi told our correspondent about the ransom demand on Wednesday, stating that the suspects called him on a private number last month (April) to demand the money.
“It was almost a month after my daughter was abducted that they called us. They hid their phone numbers and asked us to pay N500,000 before they would release my daughter. They hung up the phone and have not called back since then. I believe my daughter is still alive.
We told the police about this development. They said we should ask them to contact us via WhatsApp.
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“We don’t know what the police are doing about it. On Friday, it will be exactly two months since my daughter was abducted.”
In an earlier The Intercept, the distressed father had appealed to the public for help securing his daughter’s release.
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“We need help. We are pleading with anyone who may recognise the suspect to come forward,” he said. “Our daughter is only five years old, and we desperately need any assistance to bring her home.”
Owohunwa Jimoh, the Commissioner of Police, has directed the State Criminal Investigation Department to take up the matter, according to Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command.
The family admitted that SCID officers had visited the neighbourhood soon after the order was given, but Alimi informed our reporter that they had subsequently been kept in the dark about the investigation’s status.
