Father of murdered Abuja toddler recounts ordeal.

Mr. Umar Suleiman, whose two-year-old
daughter, Khadija, was abducted in the Kuje
area of Abuja and whose body was found
under a bridge in the Gwagwalada area of the
Federal Capital Territory, has said that
fraudsters attempted to defraud him as he
searched for his daughter. Suleiman had on
November 19, 2016 announced the abduction
of his daughter on his Facebook wall, praying
that his daughter would be found. But the girl
never returned alive, as her corpse was said to
have been found one week after.
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Narrating his ordeal since he learnt about his
daughter’s murder, he said, “We are trying to
cope. This Saturday will make it two weeks
(that her corpse was found). I’ve been having
people calling with hidden numbers. Most of
them are fraudulent callers but there is this
particular one that is suspicious (for the
kidnapping and murder). But the police said
they didn’t have the facility to track the call
and they sent me to somebody at Utako, who
is a professional in that.
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“The person said he charges N1m for kidnap
cases and I would obtain a form for N5,000.
He said because he was very compassionate
about it, he would charge me N200,000.I have
paid the N5,000 but I have not gone back to
the place since then because I have not
finished paying the N151,000 for the mother in
the hospital who went into labour because of
the shock.” .
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Speaking further on the “fraudulent calls,”
Suleiman lamented that most of the callers
wanted to take advantage of his missing child
to defraud him.
He said, “They are 419ners. Some told me
they had her and when I asked for the
evidence and that it should be sent through
WhatsApp or that they should allow me to talk
to her, they would request to get back to me.
There was a particular one who sent his
account number. I played along with him,
telling him I was in the bank to make a
deposit into his account.
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Suleiman added, “But when he didn’t receive
any alert after about two hours, he stopped
calling. There was another who asked me to
send a N1,500 recharge card which I would
send to a number before the caller would give
me information on who was holding my child.