3 secondary school students in Enugu fake kidnap, demand N500,000
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested three secondary school students who allegedly faked their kidnap.
Police PRO in the state, Ebere Amaraizu said the students demanded a ransom of N500,000.
Amaraizu said in a statement on Friday: “It was gathered that on July 11, one Nebeife Nnamdi aged about 17 years, who is a student of an Enugu-based secondary school, had been allegedly abducted by gunmen.
“Later, there was a demand of N500,000 ransom from his alleged abductors.”
The police spokesperson said upon investigation, it was discovered that the alleged kidnap was faked by the students.
“The Anti-Kidnapping Unit through intelligence information nabbed Ene Chigozie Steven, Okafor Okechukwu and Nebeife Nnamdi, who is said to have been kidnapped, on July 14 at about 2:30pm, at their hideout at Trans-Ekulu within Enugu metropolis,” he said.
“They have revealed that the alleged kidnap was faked by them to collect money from the alleged kidnapped victim’s father and are currently regretting their evil action.”
