Delta police arrest woman over alleged ₦15m kidnapping plot
Police say the woman demanded ₦15 million from her younger brother. Whether he paid remains unverified.
Delta police say they arrested a woman accused of staging her own abduction to demand ₦15 million from her younger brother. Command spokesperson SP Bright Edafe announced the arrest in a video released on Tuesday, 10 November, according to The Punch and Pulse Nigeria.
Edafe said police received a report of a suspected kidnapping on 23 October. The state Commissioner of Police assigned the case to the Anti-Kidnapping Unit. Edafe said the unit’s investigation led to the arrest.
What the woman told her brother
In the police video, the woman said she called her brother after going out to buy medicine. She said she told him she had been abducted and would be killed unless he paid ₦15 million.
Edafe said investigators were looking for other people they believed were involved. As of 11 November, IDNN found no public confirmation that charges had been filed or that the woman had appeared in court.