A 24-year-old woman, Medinat Ibrahim has connived with her sister and another accomplice to fake her own kidnap.
Midlandpost learnt that the girl had gone into hiding while her accomplice, Amudalat Wahab, who also happens to be her half-sister called her father demanding N250,000 ransom before her release.
After the case was reported, the police set on technical and intelligence-based investigation that led to their arrest.
Parading the suspects at the state police headquarters in Ilorin on Wednesday, the spokesman of the command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, who addressed newsmen said “On January 2, 2021, at 1750 hrs, an information was received from one Nurudeen Solagberu (m) of Oko-Olowo area of Ilorin through the command’s emergency telephone line, to the effect that one Ibrahim Medinat (f) of Olude Oke-Fomo area, Ilorin was kidnapped by unknown persons.
“Preliminary investigation revealed a conspiracy theory, hence the CP Mohammed Lawal Bagega directed the newly constituted state anti-kidnapping unit to take over the investigation.
“It was, however, found in the course of investigations that the said Medinat Ibrahim, conspired with one Amudalat Wahab (f) her sister to arrange for her kidnap and an account number belonging to one Hammed Lekan (m) was used to cash the ransom of N250,000 from the father of Medinat Ibrahim.
Medinat, who regretted her action, confessed in an interview with newsmen that she needed money for something, hence “she devised the fake kidnap” when her father refused to come to her assistance.
She complained of “neglect and abandonment by her father following her mother’s death and, alleged maltreatment by her stepmother.”
The command’s spokesman said exhibits have been recovered and the case under investigation.
He warned criminals to pack their luggage and relocate from Kwara State, as the command will stop at nothing in dealing with any criminal arrested no matter how highly or lowly placed.
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