The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 54-year-old woman for allegedly faking her kidnapping to extort N15m from her younger brother.\n<\/p>\n
The woman reportedly claimed that she had been abducted and taken to the bush by some men, who demanded N15m ransom for her release.\n<\/p>\n
The police public relations officer of the command disclosed this in a video showing the woman confessing to the alleged crime.\n<\/p>\n
The police spokesperson said the case was reported at the Ogwashi-Uku Divisional Police Headquarters on October 23, 2026, prompting the Commissioner of Police to direct the Anti-Kidnapping Unit in Obu-Luku, Aniocha South Local Government Area, to investigate.<\/p>\n
He said the operatives launched an intelligence-led investigation which exposed the alleged plot and led to the woman\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n
The spokesperson said, \u201cOn October 23, 2026, a case of suspected kidnapping was reported at Oguachukwu Division, and the Commissioner of Police, in his wisdom, directed the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of Obu-Luku to investigate.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThey started the investigation, and the result was alarming. In the past, we have heard of cases of self-kidnapping and fake kidnappings involving underage persons or teenagers aged 15, 16, 17 or 18 to 20.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we have never had a case involving a 54-year-old woman. It is quite unfortunate that she faked her own kidnapping because she wanted to extort N15m from her younger brother.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe embarked on an intelligence-led investigation, which led to the eventual discovery that the kidnapping was fake. She was arrested before she started opening up.\u201d <\/p>\n
In a confessional statement contained in the video, the suspect admitted to staging her abduction and demanding the money from her brother.\n<\/p>\n
She said, \u201cI kidnapped myself. I told my brother I had been kidnapped when I went out to buy medicine, and it took me to the bush. I called my brother and told him.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI told him they wanted N15m and that if he didn\u2019t pay the money, they would kill me. It was the devil\u2019s work. I want forgiveness. It was the devil\u2019s work.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The police spokesperson said the woman claimed to have been held for 12 days before her arrest.\n<\/p>\n
He added that the investigation had revealed that she did not act alone, as some people were allegedly involved in the plot.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cShe claimed that she was kidnapped on October 23 and remained in captivity for 12 days, all in a bid to extort N15m from her brother.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cBut thanks to the intelligence of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit here in Obu-Luku, she was eventually arrested, and the cat was let out of the bag.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of the people she conspired with are being tracked, and we are definitely going to arrest them.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
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