A startling revelation has emerged from the FCT Command, as police operatives arrested a pregnant woman for orchestrating her own kidnapping.
Her husband, unaware of the scheme, paid a staggering N2 million ransom to secure her release.
The twist in the tale came to light when police investigations uncovered that the woman colluded with her boyfriend to execute the deceitful plot.
Astonishingly, she shared the ill-gotten gains, handing over N800,000 to her accomplice, while pocketing N1.2 million for herself.
FCT Police Commissioner, Benneth Igweh, disclosed these shocking details during a recent briefing, revealing that authorities recovered N793,500 in cash from the culprits following their arrest.
Igweh narrated the sequence of events, stating, “On 11 March 2024 at about 7.40 p.m., one Chiedozie Ubah of Saburi II, Dei-dei, Abuja, reported at Gwagwa division that his pregnant wife Rosemary Ubah, left home to the hospital on the same date for a scan but did not return home.
“He later received a call through his wife’s phone number telling him that his wife had been kidnapped. And a demand for two million naira ransom before her release made.
“He transferred the sum into his wife’s account as instructed by the kidnapper. He later brought his wife to the station after her release.
“During interrogation, the wife freely confessed to have conspired with one man named Walter Ezeala, living in the same street with them at Saburi, to extort money from her husband,” Igweh continued.
The Commissioner further revealed that the co-conspirator, Walter Ezeala, confessed to his role in the scheme, stating that he received N800,000, while the woman retained N1,200,000.
“The said Walter was arrested and he confessed that his own share was N800,000. And the lady took N1,200,000.
“The N793,500 cash, two ATM cards and two android phones were recovered from them. Suspects will be charged to court soon,” he concluded.
