The
Ogun state police command has arrested an 18-year-old man, Adeboye
Michael, and two of his friends, Nafiu Ojo and Abdullahi Lawal, for
allegedly faking his kidnap in order to steal his employer’s N500,
000. A statement released by the command says the employer, Oluwoju Ojo
Abiodun, had laid a complaint that he had sent his apprentice, Adeboye
Michael, to a bank to deposit the sum of N500,000 only for him to
receive a call after some hours that the boy had been kidnapped.Abiodun
told the police that the caller ordered him to send the sum of N1
million for Michael to be released, with an instruction that he only
needed to add N500,000 to the N500,000 he had given his apprentice to
deposit at the bank and the so-called kidnappers had collected it from
him.The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi,
who confirmed the incident, said upon the report, the case was
transferred to the Anti-Kidnapping section in Eleweran after a
preliminary investigation at Oke-Itoku. After much investigations,
Michael suddenly emerged, with fabricated tales on his fake
abduction.“On interrogation, they narrated how Michael contracted them
to act as kidnappers and put a call through to his boss in order to make
away with the N500,000 in his possession. Upon their confession,
Michael was arrested. He made a confessional statement that he only
lodged in an hotel with two girls where he squandered his boss' money
that he was supposed to deposit at the bank. The leftover of N120,000,
being part of the money, was recovered from him” the police spokesperson
saysOyeyemi said the suspects would be arraigned in court soon.Photo: 18-year-old boy fakes own kidnap to steal his employers N500, 000
The
Ogun state police command has arrested an 18-year-old man, Adeboye
Michael, and two of his friends, Nafiu Ojo and Abdullahi Lawal, for
allegedly faking his kidnap in order to steal his employer’s N500,
000. A statement released by the command says the employer, Oluwoju Ojo
Abiodun, had laid a complaint that he had sent his apprentice, Adeboye
Michael, to a bank to deposit the sum of N500,000 only for him to
receive a call after some hours that the boy had been kidnapped.Abiodun
told the police that the caller ordered him to send the sum of N1
million for Michael to be released, with an instruction that he only
needed to add N500,000 to the N500,000 he had given his apprentice to
deposit at the bank and the so-called kidnappers had collected it from
him.The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi,
who confirmed the incident, said upon the report, the case was
transferred to the Anti-Kidnapping section in Eleweran after a
preliminary investigation at Oke-Itoku. After much investigations,
Michael suddenly emerged, with fabricated tales on his fake
abduction.“On interrogation, they narrated how Michael contracted them
to act as kidnappers and put a call through to his boss in order to make
away with the N500,000 in his possession. Upon their confession,
Michael was arrested. He made a confessional statement that he only
lodged in an hotel with two girls where he squandered his boss' money
that he was supposed to deposit at the bank. The leftover of N120,000,
being part of the money, was recovered from him” the police spokesperson
saysOyeyemi said the suspects would be arraigned in court soon.
