Police arrests girl, 20, planning own kidnap with boy friend

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Tohebat Adebayo, 20 for simulating her own kidnap in connivance with her boyfriend Afolabi Ogunremi.

The said Tohebat was reported kidnapped on the 27^th of September at Lafenwa police station by her parents. They complained that the girl left home to Lafenwa market but did not return home only for them to be called on phone by an unknown man who informed them that their daughter has been kidnapped. The so called kidnapper then demanded the sum of N200,000 as Ransom.

Upon the report, the DPO CSP Kayode Ayilara led his detectives on a technical investigation of the case which led them to an abandoned house inside the GRA where the girl was kept.

The discovery led to the arrest of Adebayo who happened to be the security man in the house.

On interrogation, Adebayo claimed to be Tohebat’s boyfriend and that they both planned to simulate her kidnap in order to raise money for her forthcoming birthday.

The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to anti-kidnapping and cultists unit of criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation.