Kogi police to investigate alleged kidnapping and death of 15-year-old girl by her father

Kogi State Police Commissioner Edward Egbuka has ordered an investigation into the case of the alleged abduction, murder and disappearance of body parts of a young woman identified as Miss Sherrifah, a fifteen year old girl in Idah by her father.

According to a source, a man identified as Dauda Ibrahim, his father, a staff member of Federal Polytechnic Idah in the Polytechnic's Works Department and Fire Services Unit, conspired with an Isah Adams of the same department and another person known as Adah in the kidnapping and murder of his daughter.

Miss Sherrifah was reportedly kidnapped on 4 August 2022 from their residence in Okenya along Itayi Street, Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area, Kogi State.

His remains were discovered a few days later with the mutilated body and some parts missing.

Suspects Dauda Ibrahim and Isah Adams are currently in custody at the Idah Regional Command Office while the third suspect Adah is currently at large.

Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer SP Williams Ayah said the Commissioner of Police ordered the matter be transferred to the Lokoja Criminal Investigations Department.

He assured that the command will carry out a thorough investigation into the case with the aim of unraveling the circumstances that led to the death of the kidnapping and the death of the deceased.

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