A housewife has been arrested by the Enugu State Police for
planning & staging her own kidnap, then demanding the sum of N200, 000 from
her husband Marcus Chukwu as ransom.
Her partner, a commercial motorcyclist who was also
connected in the staging her kidnap Chikwe Tochukwu has also been arrested. It
was gathered that the husband Marcus, a native of Agbogugu in Awgu local
Government Area of Enugu State, had received a call from his wife, Nancy
Chukwu, claiming that she had been kidnapped by unknown gunmen and that her
kidnappers were demanding the sum of two hundred thousand naira. Marcus was
thereby given an account number where the said ransom is to be paid, rather
than pay the ransom he reported the matter to the anti-kidnap unit of the
police.
The Enugu State DSP, Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed stated
that investigations conducted revealed that Tochukwu of Amakwe Okeremiri Aboh
Mbaise in Imo state, residing at Agbogugu was the brain behind the stage
managed kidnap, which was aimed at extorting the woman’s husband. Tochukwu who
confessed to the police said he is an okada rider that usually carries the
woman, Nancy home anytime she is returning from market, adding that Nancy lured
her into the crime. He went on to confess that while he was together with
Nancy, sounded like a kidnapper on phone who was already holding Nancy under
captivity, and demanded that the sum of two hundred thousand naira be paid as a
ransom to the account number provided, which he also claimed belonged to his
friend Chikwado. Nancy also confessed to the crime, saying she never knew what
came over her to have acted in such manner.
“A full scale investigations into the alleged incident has
intensified”, Amaraizu further stated.
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