One Nafi’u Sulaiman in Kano state has been apprehended for allegedly orchestrating his own kidnap to collect ransom from his uncle.
According to the police in Kano state, the 19-year-old suspect confessed to organising charade.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP. Mohammed Usaini Gumel announced the development on Wednesday while briefing newsmen on the inroads made by the command in tackling crime in the state.
He said part of the command’s achievements include the arrest of suspected armed robbery suspects, kidnappers, drug peddlers, and human trafficking suspects.
CP Gumel explained that the police on Friday, at about 1750hrs received a report from a resident `of Garindau Village, Warawa LGA, Kano, that he received a phone call from an unknown person that his 19-year-old son, Nafi’u Sulaiman was kidnapped and a ransom was demanded for his release.
He said after lengthy negotiation, they settled for a ransom of three hundred and sixty-five thousand naira (N365,000).
Gumel said in the course of the investigation, the victim confessed to having singlehandedly framed his kidnap to extort his uncle.
“The case will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation,” he said.
He reiterated his determination to rid the State of all forms of crimes and criminalities
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