Abuja security guard fakes own kidnapping for ransom
An Abuja security guard named Sunday has admitted to staging his own kidnapping to extort N4 million from his family. He used his friend’s phone to make the ransom call, claiming he had been abducted. The plan was to raise money for a trip to his village for Christmas. The scheme unraveled when his friend, unaware of the plot, reported the incident to the police.
What happened
- Sunday confessed to faking his own kidnapping and demanding N4 million from his family.
- He used his friend’s phone without informing him, implicating the friend in the scheme.
- The friend was shocked when contacted by the family and reported the matter to the police.
- Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the details and shared the interrogation video.
- This incident follows a similar case where a woman staged her own abduction to extort money from her husband.
