Suspected kidnapper abducts 5-year-old girl in Lagos

A family is appealing to the public for assistance after their five-year-old daughter, Memunah Abdulrahman, was abducted by a suspected kidnapper in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State.

It was gathered that the minor was abducted on March 9, 2025, while she and her sister were returning from an Islamic school.

According to sources, upon reaching a popular supermarket in the community, the suspect approached Abdulrahman and her sister and led them inside the store.

While pretending to buy them some items at the supermarket, the suspect disappeared with Memunah, leaving her sister behind.

After the incident was reported at the Ejigbo Divisional Police Headquarters, the police reviewed the CCTV footage, which revealed the suspect abducting the child and escaping in a tricycle.

Speaking to Punch on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, Abdulrahman’s distraught mother, Mrs Bashirah, pleaded with the relevant authorities and the public to help locate the suspect and rescue her daughter.

“The incident happened on March 9, 2025. My two children were returning from an Islamic class when the man who abducted my youngest daughter, Memunah, stopped them on the road and took them to the supermarket,” she recounted.

“Inside the supermarket, we were able to see what happened. He initially tried to abduct both of my daughters, but when the older one started crying, he left with Abdulrahman and disappeared.”