Suspected kidnaper impregnates hostage

A suspected kidnapper, Auwalu Haruna, has been traced and arrested by the police from the Yobe State command in Kano State for allegedly impregnating his 20-year-old woman hostage. The spokesman of the police in Yobe, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, who disclosed this to journalists, said the suspect, a self-proclaimed marabout, allegedly used charm to abduct the victim. […]

A suspected kidnapper, Auwalu Haruna, has been traced and arrested by the police from the Yobe State command in Kano State for allegedly impregnating his 20-year-old woman hostage.

The spokesman of the police in Yobe, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, who disclosed this to journalists, said the suspect, a self-proclaimed marabout, allegedly used charm to abduct the victim.

Abdulkarim said the suspect was arrested after Tarmuwa Division received a complaint from one Alhaji Mohammed Kellu that his daughter was abducted by the suspect.

He further said that following a search, the victim was found in the suspect’s custody in Anguwan Arewa in Gaya LGA of Kano State.

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He added that a medical examination revealed that the victim was two months pregnant, and that she said that she was coerced into drinking a concoction which rendered her unconscious.