The Edo State Police Command said on Monday that its operatives arrested a 21-year-old company worker, David Ekes, for allegedly staging his own kidnap. The Command’s Spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, an Assistsnt Superintendent of Police, ASP, disclosed that the suspect who works as a dispatch officer with Dibecs Industry Limited, located at Km 162, Auchi–Okene Expressway,…
A Lagos-based couple, identified simply as Fred and Goodness, have been arrested for allegedly staging their own kidnap and extorting N10m in ransom from their families and friends. PUNCH Metro learnt that the couple faked the abduction on January 7 to solicit funds for the husband, who intended to return to the United States due…
A female undergraduate, Chinecherem Nwaokoye, has been arrested for alleged involvement in a self-orchestrated kidnap plot in Anambra State. The plot was designed to extort money from her own family to establish business venture for her boyfriend. The suspect, a 28-year old female student of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), executed the…
