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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a pair for an alleged self-kidnapping scheme geared toward acquiring a N5 million ransom.

The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in an announcement on Tuesday, as he warned residents to desist from self-kidnapping.

Adejobi added that one Albarka Sukuya in Plateau State was arrested for staging his kidnap on a number of events, and one Nnamdi Agu, additionally faked his kidnap in Abuja in an try and defraud his household.

The assertion learn:

“In Lagos, a pair was arrested for alleged self-kidnapping scheme geared toward acquiring a N5 million ransom lately.

“The husband, Doubara David Yabrifa, a 53-year-old technician, and the spouse Regina Yabrifa, a 48-year-old physique massager and bone setter, had been apprehended after a member of the family reported the purported kidnapping.

“The couple confessed to planning the self-kidnap to boost N3 million to buy a property in Badagry, Lagos. The husband justified the act, citing monetary difficulties and lack of assist from kinfolk. Both had been arrested and subsequently charged to court docket.

“Also, one Albarka Sukuya of Jenta Apata, Jos, has been infamous for staging his kidnap on a number of events and acquired ransoms from unsuspecting members of the neighborhood in Plateau State.

“Similarly, on twentieth January, 2024, a younger man, Nnamdi Agu, faked his kidnap in Abuja in an try and defraud one in all his relations who resides round River Park Estate, Abuja, to generate income to pay for his private pleasures. The Police, in a swift response, foiled the staged kidnapping, and arrested the suspect.

“It is obvious that the suspect and many others leverage on the prevailing instances of kidnapping and plan to engage in such criminal and deceptive acts of staged or self-kidnapping to make money.”