In a shocking turn of events, Maimuna Gawu, a nine-month pregnant woman from Gawu Babangida in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State, escaped from her kidnappers’ den just hours after delivering a set of twin boys.
However, her abductors are reportedly holding the newborns hostage, claiming they belong to them.
Maimuna recounted her harrowing experience during an interview on Tsalle Daya, a Hausa program on Prestige FM Minna.
She revealed that she was kidnapped after boarding a Sharon bus near the gate of Suleja General Hospital, where she had gone for a medical appointment.
She explained that after her examination at the hospital on Thursday, she was informed that her expected delivery date was the following Friday. On her way home, she unknowingly boarded a vehicle operated by kidnappers, which led to her abduction.
While details of her escape remain unclear, her story highlights the growing security challenges faced by residents in Niger State, including the vulnerability of women and children. Efforts are underway to locate the abductors and rescue the twins.
She said, “I left home for the hospital for antenatal care to check the health of my baby because I wasn’t feeling its movement, and my husband sent me money for transport.
“At the park, I boarded a vehicle that was going to Suleja and I alighted at the Suleja General Hospital. After seeing the doctor, he asked me to return to the hospital the following day for delivery.
“I boarded a Sharon bus by the roadside and told the driver that I was going to Lambata. When we were approaching Lambata, I told the driver the point I was going to alight and he told me he had heard me. From that point, I lost consciousness; I didn’t know where I was again until around 1am when I woke up on a bed in an unknown home with a drip on me and later, I went into labour and delivered twins (boys) around 1am. When I woke up, I saw a young man and an elderly woman.
“I heard the babies crying but I dozed off again until Friday morning. When I woke up, I asked about the whereabouts of my babies, but another woman told me that they were not mine, saying that the babies belonged to them.
“I started crying, begging them to give me my babies. They said they won’t give me because the babies belong to them. In the night when the day was dark, they removed the drip and told me that they had a meeting with their boss; it was at that point that I escaped from the place and found myself in Kagara, Rafi LGA,” she explained.
When contacted, the spokesman for the Niger State Police Command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, said he would confirm the incident and revert.
(DailyTrust)
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