- Safiu Kehinde
Delta State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old lady, Okoli Princess, and her boyfriend, Kedu Prince, over fake kidnap to extort parents of N2 million ransom.
The Command’s spokesperson, Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a post on X while parading the suspects on Wednesday.
According to Edafe, Princess conspired with her boyfriend to fake her own kidnap in demand for N2 million ransom.
The incident occurred on the 30th December 2024 following the lady’s visit to her lover.
“The two suspects Princess and prince are dating, the girl went to her boyfriend’s house on 30th December 2024, and she told her boyfriend to call her parent and tell them she has been kidnapped, he did and demanded for #2,000,000 ransom.
“The mum reported to the command that her child her been kidnapped, we did our job as usual and boom. The mum got the shock of her life. See what children of these days do to their parents.” Edafe stated.
Recounting her ordeal, the Princess’ mother whose name was not disclosed narrated how the 21-year-old had left home to make her hair in the next village and failed to return home.
Effort to reach out to her the following day also proved abortive which led the disturbed mother to file a report at the Police station.
The lovers would thereafter Princess’s grandfather demanding for N2 million.
Preliminary investigation by the operatives of the Command led to the arrest of the lovers.