By Evelyn Usman
The Police in Lagos are on the path of 1 Ahmed, a Dubai returnee, who allegedly staged his kidnap and that of his girlfriend, final month in Abuja.
He was as soon as acknowledged to bag mute a ransom of N2 million from his girlfriend’s family sooner than she was as soon as released.His position in the kidnap saga came to the fore, following the arrest of 1 in all the kidnappers, Uchenna Daniels, 30, in Allen Avenue, Ikeja, three days after the free up of the abducted girl identified as Hannatu Kabri.
All over interrogation, Uchenna published how Hannatu’s boyfriend initiated the opinion of abducting Hannatu, all in a clarify to extort her fogeys.
Parading the suspect sooner than journalists on the Lagos Impart Police Uncover headquarters, Ikeja, the day gone by, the listing spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, acknowledged: “On March 31, 2022, at about 2 pm, intelligence gathered published that one Ucehna Daniels kidnapped one Miss Hannatu Kabri, 22, in Abuja. Operatives of the listing tracked and arrested the suspect at Allen Avenue, Ikeja. Lagos.
He published that the sufferer’s boyfriend, Ahmed. and one Biliya deliberate the kidnap with him and picked up a ransom of N2 million thru a bureau de alternate from the oldsters of the sufferer sooner than she was as soon as released on March 28, 2022. He added that they made use of a toy gun to commit the crime.”
When approached, Uchenna acknowledged: “Ahmed was as soon as my direction mate at Hassan Usman Polytechnic, Katsina Impart. He is from Sokoto Impart. He contacted me thru one Ibrahim, who was as soon as additionally a coursemate.”
Additionally Be taught:
“I met them as soon as I went to Abuja to hustle but had no money to hurry myself relief to Lagos.”
“ On the day of the abduction, we picked up Ahmed and his girlfriend as they were driving out of a hotel in Abuja. We took each of them to an accommodation Ahmed earlier paid for.
“Whereas they were with us, he negotiated N10 million as a ransom for his free up. He despatched a false N10 million alert to us and we released him. He gave us a stern warning never to molest his girlfriend, who was as soon as later released after Ahmed confirmed that the N2 million ransom had been paid.
“ Ahmed was as soon as yet to pay me my portion sooner than I used to be as soon as arrested. He most attention-grabbing gave me N110,000 sooner than I left Abuja for Lagos, with a promise to send my portion of the ransom”.
The listing spokesman acknowledged the suspect will seemingly be charged to court docket, adding that efforts were ongoing to arrest others.