A 23-year-old woman, identified as Nmesoma Josephine Nwoye, has allegedly faked her own abduction in order to extort money from her parents.
DAILY POST learnt that the staged abduction was carried out in connivance with her boyfriend, 24-year-old Chibuike Ogbu.
Both suspects were arrested on Friday by operatives of the Anambra State Police Command, with a total of N1.2 million recovered from them as part of the ransom earlier paid by the young woman’s parents.
This was disclosed in a press statement by the spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga.
Although details of the exact location of the arrest, as well as the crime scene and the victims’ place of origin, were not provided, Ikenga revealed that the suspects had initially demanded a ransom of N15 million from Nmesoma’s parents but later settled for N3 million, which was transferred into her account.
The statement read: “The suspects identified as Nmesoma Josephine Nwoye, female, aged 23 years, and Chibuike Ogbu, male, aged 24 years, were arrested after intelligence-led operations uncovered that the supposed victim conspired with Chibuike (her boyfriend) to stage her own abduction.
