Police in Lagos have arrested a 22-year-old man and his accomplices for staging a fake kidnapping to extort N1.5 million ransom from his family.
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old man, identified as Chukwudi Okafor, along with three of his friends for staging a fake kidnapping to extort N1.5 million from his family. The suspects allegedly planned the fake abduction, with Okafor pretending to be kidnapped while his accomplices demanded ransom from his parents. The police were alerted when inconsistencies emerged in the kidnappers' demands.