Two young Lovers, were on Wednesday 8th of January 2025, paraded by Delta State Police Command for allegedly staging a fake kidnapping to extort N2 million from the girl’s family.
Image maker of Delta Police command , SP Bright Edafe, in a statement said the incident occurred on December 30, 2024 , when the lady visited her boyfriend’s house and instructed him to call her parents, falsely claiming she had been kidnapped.
He said “The command on 2/1/2025 received a complaint from One Mrs Oliko Joy that her daughter Princess Okolie left the house on 30th December 2024 and did not return. The next day, the parents received a call that the daughter had been kidnapped and they demanded a ransom of two million naira. The Commissioner of Police CP Olufemi Abaniwonda immediately directed the command’s special Anti-kidnapping and cyber-crime squad to ensure that the victim is rescued unhurt and the suspect arrested.”
“The commander special Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber-Crime Squad CSP Labe Joseph detailed operatives who embarked on an intelligence-led investigation. The other suspect, Prince Atigbi, was arrested after collecting a ransom of two million naira (#2,000,000). Upon the arrest of the suspect, he stated that he was not an actual kidnapper but was playing the script of his girlfriend Princess Okolie. The girl was arrested, and she said that she faked her kidnap so that they could get money from her parent. Both suspects are in custody, the ransom money recovered and the investigation is ongoing.”
The Commissioner of Police urges parents and guardians to take the upbringing of their children seriously and in the ways of God so that when they grow up, they won’t be a problem to their parents and society.
