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POLICE NAB MAN FOR FAKING OWN KIDNAP



Detectives of the State Criminal Investigation Department Lagos, have arrested one Rafiu Rahaman (Male) aged 29, a staff of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) in Lagos for faking his kidnap. 


Available report indicates Rahaman faked his kidnap, then he travelled to Lugbe Abuja where he made a video of himself in captivity, which was sent to his co-worker his accomplice Usman Sheidu (Male) aged 32 who demanded Five Million Naira ransom but got One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira after extensive negotiation.


Further preliminary Investigations revealed that Usman Sheidu who was arrested in Abuja conspired with Rahaman to self-stage the kidnap and make the video that was sent to the co-worker for ransom. Usman also confessed to having shared the ransom equally with Rahaman which was used to acquire a generator and other items.


Suspects will be arraigned in court at the conclusion of investigations.  


The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, fdc, while commending the detectives for a job well done, reassures Lagosians that perpetrators of crimes will not go undetected and unpunished.

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