Former President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s estranged daughter-in-law, Ms. Yakolo Indimi, has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over an attempted forceful abduction of two of her children from their school in Abuja by her former husband, Mohammed Babangida.
It will be noted that Yakolo Indimi, the daughter of Borno billionaire, Alhaji Mohammed Indimi and Mohammed Babangida, divorced in 2015.
The petition, dated 9th November 2016 and signed by the former Attorney General, Nasarawa State, Mr. Innocent Lagi, was sent to the President, the National Assembly, Inspector General of Police ( IGP), Director of DSS, the Sultan of Sokoto, Supreme Council of Sharia in Nigeria, National Human Rights Commission and the President, Nigerian Bar Association.
According to the petitioner, “On the 9th of November 2016 at about 3pm our client believes that Mohammed Badamasi Babangida attempted, as he had done previously, to forcefully abduct our client’s children using the offers of the Nigerian Police force from their school at Katampe Abuja.
“The policemen involved are Sunday Ubua who provided his phone no. as 08033129778 and Musa Maji with Police identification No. 158593. When our correspondent visited the School yesterday, an eye witness who does not want his name in print, confirmed the incident”.
The petitioner further said after his divorce to our client in December of 2015, he lured her to visit his father in Minna with the kids. After the visit he unlawfully detained our client in his house and would not let her go. And when he eventually let her go he would not let her go with her infant children; Maryam Mohammed Babangida, ten (10) years old, Fatima Mohammed Babangida, nine (9) years old, Ibrahim Mohammed Babangida seven, (7) years old and Mohammed Mohammed Babangida, five (5) years old.
“Our client had reached out severally through relatives and emails to Mr Babangida to reconsider his actions and let her have the children back to no avail. Mr Babangida eventually returned the four kids to our client in June 2016. After this incident our client filed a suit, which is still pending, at an Abuja Area Court, for the custody of the four children as provided under Islamic law.
Mr Babangida also filed a suit at an Upper Sharia Court in Minna seeking the custody of the kids. Because of the actions and threat of Mr Babangida; our client’s family had to seek the protection of the Police and has been provided round the clock police protection.”
