Man arrested for allegedly trying to use girl for Suya

- Man sustains injury while attempting to
rescue a girl from the grip of a suya seller
- The Lagos state police command accuses
the suya seller, Abdulahi, of kidnap and
attempted murder
- A brother to the suspect says Abdulahi is
mentally unstable
A man who sells roasted meat popularly
known as suya has been arrested by the
Lagos state police command for
allegedly attempting to use a four-year-
old girl to prepare the delicacy.
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The Sun reports that the four-year-old
girl was allegedly abducted by the
suspect, Abdulahi, at White sand area of
Ebute Meta, while she was playing with
her mates in an open field.
Abdulahi then reportedly took the girl to
a secluded area where he had attempted
to skill her with a knife but for the
timely intervention of a man who saw
what was happening and raised the
alarm.
The incident was on Wednesday, August
30 confirmed by the Lagos state
commissioner of police, Fatai Owoseni,
who said that the man who tried to
rescue the girl sustained a minor injury
on his hand.
He 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 intension of killing her. It is a
clear case of kidnap and attempted
murder.”
However, a brother to the suspect who
identified himself simply as Ibrahim,
attributed Abdulahi’s actions to mental
instability.
He said: “ 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.
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“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.
“During the confusion that followed he
grabbed the little girl and we tried to free
the girl from him. It was while we were
trying to set free the little girl that one
man sustained injury on his hand.”
In another report, the New Generation
Party of Nigeria (NGP) has called for
restraint in the rampant calls for
resignation of security chiefs by some
groups and individuals in the country.
The party dismissed the calls saying
security is a delicate issue that must not
be sacrificed for pecuniary gains.
The NGP in a statement signed on
Wednesday, August 30 by its National
Chairman, Dr Yakubu Shendam said it
was high time Nigerians and
organisations making such calls put
national interest first and also consider
the security of lives and property before
making such calls.
In the video below, an alleged
kidnapper is saved from an angry
crowd by the police