Police arraign two Ekiti men for self-kidnap
The police on Wednesday, arraigned two men, 20 year old Adeweye Adelusi and 23 year old Agboola Damilola, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged self-kidnapping.
The defendants were brought arraigned on a count of self-kidnapping.
The police had last week said the suspects were arrested by the Rapid Response Squad led by Marcus Ogundola in the bush between Iworoko and Ifaki, where they allegedly faked the kidnap of Adelusi with the aim of extorting money from his relations for the New Year celebration.
When the matter came up in court, the police prosecutor, Inspector Bamikole Olasunkanmi said the defendants committed the offence on December 31, 2020 around 8.30pm at the Iloda Camp via Ifaki-Ekiti.
Olasunkanmi alleged that the defendants conspired among themselves to commit self-kidnapping by arranging the false kidnap of Adelusi.
The police prosecutor, however, asked the court for an adjournment to enable him study the case file and present his witnesses.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Counsel for the first and second defendants, Mr Abiola Gboyega and Mr. Michael Ogunsakin respectively, prayed the court to grant them bail, adding that they would not jump bail.
Meanwhile, a 24 year old lady teacher, Medinat Ibrahim who allegedly faked her own kidnap in the Olude, Oke-Fomo area, Ilorin, Kwara State last Saturday said she committed the crime to raise money to settle debt which accrued from the monthly contribution in her place of work.
Medinat, who was paraded alongside two other suspects, Amudalat Wahab, 30, and Hammed Lekan, 28, by the Kwara State police Command on Wednesday, said she decided to commit the offence as a result of frustration and stoppage of her salary by her employer following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
Medinat, who said that she is from a polygamous home, revealed that she was maltreated by her step mother, who also caused friction between her and her father, adding that she decided to fake her own kidnap to get money to offset debts she incurred during COVID-19 lockdown.
The State Commissioner of Police , Muhammed Bagega, said Medinat conspired with her elder sister, Amudalat Wahab and one Hammed Lekan to arrange her kidnap.
The CP said a an account belonging to one Hammed Lekan was used to cash the N250,000.
