Police nab lovers for faking kidnap

Police nab lovers for faking kidnap

Officers from the Akwa Ibom Police Command apprehended Imaobong Sampson, a self-kidnapping suspect, and her boyfriend, Beltus Ebong, in Mbierebe Obio village, Ibesikpo Asutan Area, the state.

Odiko Macdon, the state police command’s spokeswoman, confirmed this on Monday.

Macdon said the suspects were apprehended in their hideout by agents of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad after the case of kidnapping was reported by someone who described herself as a relative last Monday.

“On 11/3/2024 at about 10:00hrs, a report was received from one Enobong Sampson ‘F’ of Nung Oku Village in Ibesikpo Asutan L.G.A that her sister, one Imaobong Francis Sampson, was kidnapped and that the kidnappers were demanding for a ransom of four million naira.

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“As a result, operatives of Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the command embarked on an intense and intelligence-driven investigation so as to track down the perpetrators and rescue the victim. On 12/3/2024 at about 23:15hrs, the said purported victim, one Imaobong Sampson ‘M’, and her boyfriend, Beltus Ebong ‘M’, were arrested in their hideout at Mbierebe Obio Village, Ibesikpo Asutan L.G.A,” he stated.

Macdon said the suspect, Imaobong, confessed that the kidnap was staged between her and her syndicate for the purpose of extorting money from her aunt.

“She confessed to having conspired with her boyfriend, one Beltus Ebong ‘M’, Dominic Friday Charlie ‘M’, her sister, Enobong Sampson ‘F’, and Inyene Ime Akpan now at large to proclaim her kidnap in order to raise money from her aunty who is based abroad,” he concluded.

It was earlier reported that the Ogun State Police Command arrested one Olumide Openaike, a staff member of a Microfinance Bank, Kemta Oloko, who was reported missing. He staged his abduction over a N1.7m debt and was found in Mokwa, Niger State.

Police nab lovers for faking kidnap