Boy, 18, Who Planned Own Kidnap Arrested With Co-Planners

* …Squandered Boss’s Money With Two Girls In Hotel

An 18-year-old boy Adeboye Micheal and two of his friends Nafiu
Ojo and Abdullahi Lawal have been arrested by police detectives
attached to the Police Ogun State Command for allegedly faking his
kidnap in order to extort money from his master.

Police source disclosed that unknown to the master Oluwoju Ojo
Abioidun that Michael had planned to collect money from him to
enable him have a fabulous Christmas he went to lodge a complaint
to the police at Oke-Itoku Police Station that his boy had been
kidnapped.

The master we gathered had told the police that he had sent
Michael to the bank to deposit the sum of N500,000 only for him to
receive a call after some hours that the boy had been kidnapped and
that they need N1million for him to gain his freedom.

The master had informed the police that the acclaimed kidnappers
had told him that he only need to balance them the sum of N500,000
since they have already collected the N500,000 which he sent him to
deposit in the bank.

Confirming the story to Daily Independent, Deputy Superintendent
of Police,DSP, Abimbola Oyeyemi who is the state’s police spokesman
said “upon the report, the case was transferred to Anti-Kidnapping
section in Eleweran after a preliminary investigation at
Oke-Itoku.

“The men of Anti-kidnapping section subsequently embarked on a
technical based investigation and when the suspects discovered that
their game will soon be up, the acclaimed victim emerged with
series of story on his fake abduction.

“Unknown to him that the Police are on the trail of his so
called abductor two days after, the duo of Nafiu Ojo and Abdullahi
Lawal were tracked down and apprehended on the 13th Dec, 2018.

“On interrogation, they narrated how Adeboye Micheal 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, the said Adeboye Micheal was
subsequently arrested. He made a confessional statement that he
only lodged in a hotel with two girls where he squandered his boss
money which he supposed to deposit at the bank. The leftover of
N120, 000 being part of the money was recovered from him.” Oyeyemi
revealed.

The Police image maker further disclosed that the Commissioner
of Police CP Ahmed Iliyasu has directed that the suspect be
arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction as soon as the
investigation is concluded.

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