The Police inwards Lagos on Th announced the arrest of a human being who allegedly attempted to defraud his blood brother of N60m yesteryear staging his ain kidnap.
The spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, confirmed the arrest to newsmen.
According to Famous-Cole, on July 3, i Victor Udoh reported to the ascendancy that his younger brother, Ufom Edet Udoh, was kidnapped yesteryear unknown persons at Liverpool inwards Apapa expanse of Lagos state.
Famous-Cole said men of the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Squad, chop-chop swung into activeness as well as traced calls the complainant received on his phone.
He said that this led to the arrest of i Paul Philips Okiemute, who reported the illustration at the workplace of the supposed victim.
“Okiemute, upon questioning, confessed that Udoh staged his ain kidnap to collect coin from his elderberry brother, to solve his fiscal problems.
“Udoh was non kidnapped at all. It was all a planned endeavor to phase his ain kidnap as well as hence that he tin give notice endure paid N60m ransom yesteryear his elderberry brother.
“The suspect said he made calls to the victim’s elderberry blood brother amongst an unknown number, demanding a ransom of N60m. Ufom Edet Udoh was afterward picked upwardly as well as he confessed to the crime.
“He confessed to having checked into a hotel at Iyana-Ipaja expanse on July 3, where he spent 3 nights without nutrient as well as water, hoping to cash the money,’’ Famous-Cole said.
The police draw spokesman added that the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Fatai Owoseni, however, ordered that the suspects should endure straightaway charged to court, “to serve equally a deterrent to others who may desire to travail a breach of the peace inwards Lagos State’’.
(NAN)