Police arrest housewife for faking own kidnap in Lagos

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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old housewife and her 30-year-old accomplice for allegedly staging her own kidnapping and extorting N2.5 million from her husband.

The command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Adebisi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos.

Adebisi said the command received a distress call on November 24 from the husband of the suspect through one of its emergency lines, reporting that his wife had been kidnapped by armed men.

She said the caller disclosed that the alleged kidnappers initially demanded a ransom of N10 million, which was later reduced to N3 million, adding that after he paid N2.5 million, the woman was still not released. Punch