A spokesperson of the Ekiti State Command, Sunday Abutu, said the suspect was arrested by men of the Rapid Respond Squad after a thorough and intensive investigation.
The housewife,
identified only as Sule, has been arrested by the Ekiti State Police Command
for allegedly arranging her own kidnap.
It was
learnt that a sum of N50,000 was demanded from her husband as a ransom for her
supposed release.
The woman
and others were paraded in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, by the police on
Wednesday.
He
explained that the incident happened last Saturday when the husband received a
call from his wife that she had been kidnapped along Ifaki-Oye-Ekiti road.
Abutu
added that the woman called again that the abductors were demanding a sum of
N50,000 ransom before she could be released.
“The RRS
Operatives, upon the receipt of the complaint, swung into action by combing the
bush along Ifaki/Oye-Ekiti before it was later discovered that she kidnapped
herself to get money from her relatives. She has confessed to the commission of
the crime,” the police spokesman said.
It was
gathered that the woman had planned her abduction in order to get money for her
relatives.
She said,
“I needed some money but I could not see any helper and I decided to plan my
abduction where I would collect a ransom. I called my husband to demand N50,000
ransom and in the process, I was arrested.”
Meanwhile,
the police also arrested two of the fleeing members of a kidnapping syndicate
which included a dismissed cop, known as Samuel.
They were
apprehended in connection with alleged cases of kidnappings and robberies that
had been perpetrated in the state and environs in recent times.
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