Woman Kidnaps Self, Demands N4m Ransom From Family

Police in Akwa Ibom said it had arrested a woman from Nung Oku village in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of the state who faked her own abduction.

The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Waheed Ayilara, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Uyo.

According to Ayilara, the woman whose name was not given, demanded N4m ransom from her family but was arrested by the police.

He said “One of the kidnap “victims”, a female from Nung Oku village in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom actually arranged her own kidnap.

“A report was received on Monday from one Enobong Sampson that her sister had been kidnapped and that the kidnappers were demanding N4m as ransom.

“As a result, operatives of the Anti-kidnapping Squad of the Command embarked on an intense and intelligence-driven operation to track down the kidnappers and rescue the victim.

“On Tuesday, however, the purported victim and her boyfriend were arrested at a hideout at Mbierebe Obio, Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area.

“She confessed to having conspired with her boyfriend and three others to proclaim her kidnap to raise money from her aunty based outside the country,” Ayilara said.