Police
in Delta State have arrested a 17 year-old boy who allegedly staged his own
kidnap.
in Delta State have arrested a 17 year-old boy who allegedly staged his own
kidnap.
Daily Trust learnt that the boy, Daniel AKagbo,
connived with kidnappers in Effurun, near Warri, Delta State, and pretended
that he had been kidnapped so that he could collect money from his father.
connived with kidnappers in Effurun, near Warri, Delta State, and pretended
that he had been kidnapped so that he could collect money from his father.
It was gathered that the boy called his father,
saying that he was being tortured by kidnappers in a shrine in Obiaruku in
Ukwani Local Government Area of the state. A source said, the boy’s father
reported the matter to the police, who consequently swung into action. The
state’s Police Command’s spokesman, Mr. Charles Muka, while confirming the
story yesterday said the anti- kidnap squad got information that one Governor
Ejiro led the team that kidnapped the “victim”. Muka said the police trailed
them to the shrine where Governor Ejiro was arrested with others, while the boy
was “rescued”.
He said during interrogation, the police discovered
that the boy connived with the others to dupe his father of N20 million.
that the boy connived with the others to dupe his father of N20 million.
