A 22-year-old lady, Grace Igwe, who lives with her parents at 19, Agulu
Street, Umuahia, Abia State, has reportedly organised her own abduction
with her boyfriend, Sunday Bright. Igwe and Bright were yesterday
paraded by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Leye Oyebade. Bright,
according to Oyebade, is from Esan North, Edo State.
He was
arrested in connection with the abduction of the lady after she was
reported missing by her father, Obinna Igwe, on August 9. “Search for
the whereabouts of the missing Grace Igwe by the police and the family
of the victim yielded positive result when an unknown caller demanded
N100,000 ransom, which was paid in parts into the bank account of the
suspect.
“This link was followed by the police in their
investigation until the suspect was arrested on September 9 at Akpakpava
area in Benin City, Edo State and the suspect led the police on the
rescue of the victim,” Oyebade said. Narrating his own side of the
story, Bright said his girlfriend, Grace, came to him demanding N200,000
and when he said he did not have the money she pressed for whatever he
could afford. He explained that because of the pressure and the urgency
of the demand he suspected she had fallen into the hands of fraudsters
who wanted her to bring the money.
Bright said he asked her
whether the parents were aware of the development and she said no. From
that time he started making contacts with her parents to raise the money
demanded by the fraudsters who Grace alleged took her phone and other
valuables until she returned with the ransom.
The suspect added
that when it became obvious that she was a victim of fraudsters, he
decided to help her raise the money by making calls and text messages to
her parents and in the process he was arrested by the police. He said
Grace stayed with him for three weeks while trying to raise the money.
Source: NewTelegraphonline
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