54-year-old woman arrested for allegedly staging her abduction to extort N15m from her younger brother

The police in Delta State have arrested a 55-year-old woman for allegedly staging her own abduction with the hope of extorting N15 million from her younger brother.

Parading the suspect, the spokesperson of the command, SP Bright Edafe, said a case of suspected kidnapping was reported at Ubulukwu Police Division.

Edafe said the police embarked on an intelligence-based investigation which led to her arrest.

During interrogation, the suspect said she pretended to have left her home to buy some drugs. She said it was then she called her brother and lied that she had been abducted and that the kidnappers were demanding N15 million.

She blamed the devil for her action and said that she needed the money to treat her leg that is hurting her.

 

 

 

 

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