A 28-year-old school bus driver, Onome Ughagha, has been arrested by operatives of the Delta State Police Command for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old female student in Sapele.
The suspect was arrested after reportedly demanding and collecting N503,000 in ransom from the student’s father.
The spokesperson for the command, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
According to the PPRO, the incident was reported at the Sapele Area Command on Tuesday by the victim’s father, who alleged that the suspect abducted his daughter while she was preparing to leave for school.
“The suspect subsequently contacted him (the father), demanded N503,000 and threatened to kill the minor if the ransom was not paid,” the police statement added.
