Delta State Police Command has arrested a suspected self-kidnapper and her accomplice after collecting three million naira ransom.
The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, disclosed this on Monday in Asaba, the state capital.
Edafe said the command had continued to record operational milestones in its relentless war against crime and criminality in the state, with the operatives successfully arresting a suspected fake kidnapper and her accomplices.
Acting promptly on the report, the Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda, directed the Commander, Special Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber Crime Squad, Godwin Osadolor, to ensure that the victim was rescued unhurt.
According to Edafe, the suspect stated that she faked her kidnap and received a ransom of three million naira and gave her accomplices five hundred thousand naira and she took two point five million naira for herself.
He said all the suspects involved in the fake kidnapping had been arrested while an investigation was ongoing.
