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How 20-year-old man abducted father for N2m in Abuja
Segun Adewole
A 20-year-old man, Abubakar Amodu, has confessed to being part of a gang that kidnapped his father and collected N2m ransom.
He made the confession on Wednesday after he was paraded along with 25 suspects in Abuja by the Police Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba.
He said, “I became friends with the members of the gang, who told me that my father was rich, and he should be kidnapped for money.
“After we kidnapped my father, he paid N2m and I was given N200,000 as my share.”
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The Federal Capital Territory Police Command (FCT) have arrested a notorious fraudster, Mohammed Abdulrahman, who has been defrauding unsuspecting members of the public by impersonating as a Superintendent of Police and operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Igbere TV reports.
Spokesperson of the Command, AP Mariam Yusuf, who confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the suspect was arrested by operatives attached to the Mabushi Police Division on January 17, following a tip-off.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that, the suspect habitually harasses residents along Mabushi Express axis under the façade of being a Police Officer thereby smearing the dignified image of the Nigeria Police Force.” the PPRO said.