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Police arrest self-kidnapper, recover N2m ransom in Delta 

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By Sunday Onye, Senior Correspondent

 

The Delta State Police command on 2nd January 2025 received a complaint from One Mrs Oliko Joy that her daughter Princess Okolie left the house on 30th December 2024 and did not return.

 

It was learnt that the next day, the parents received a call that the daughter had been kidnapped and they demanded a ransom of two million naira.

 

Following the report, the Commissioner of Police CP Olufemi Abaniwonda immediately directed the command’s special Anti-kidnapping and cyber-crime squad to ensure that the victim is rescued unhurt and the suspect arrested.

 

Meantime, the commander special Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber-Crime Squad CSP Labe Joseph detailed operatives who embarked on an intelligence-led investigation.

 

The statement by the command’s spokesman stated, ” The other suspect, Prince Atigbi, was arrested after collecting a ransom of two million naira (#2,000,000). Upon the arrest of the suspect, he stated that he was not an actual kidnapper but was playing the script of his girlfriend Princess Okolie. The girl was arrested, and she said that she faked her kidnap so that they could get money from her parent. Both suspects are in custody, the ransom money recovered and the investigation is ongoing”.

 

However, the Commissioner of Police urged parents and guardians to take the upbringing of their children seriously and in the ways of God so that when they grow up, they won’t be a problem to their parents and the society.

 

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