The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of young lovers, identified as Princess and Prince, for orchestrating a fake kidnapping to extort N2 million from the girl’s family.
Confirming the arrest in a statement issued on Wednesday, the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, said the incident, which occurred on Monday, December 30 2024, involved Princess visiting her boyfriend’s house and persuading him to call her parents that she has been abducted.
The statement reads, “The 21-year-old Princess visited her boyfriend’s house and when it was time to go the boyfriend did not have transport to give her so the lady suggested he contact her family and demanded a ransom so they could share the money.
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According to the report, Princess’s mum who sent the money after pleading for the ransom to be reduced reported the kidnap to the Delta police which later investigated and found out that it was a conspiracy leading to the arrest of the couple.
He added: “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 had been kidnapped, he did and demanded #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.
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