A lady, Idris Mary, was arrested after faking her own kidnap to extort money from her parents who declared her missing.
She was arrested by the Ekiti State police command in Akure with the help of a friend.
The Commissioner of Police, Tunde Mobayo, said :“On 10/08/2020, a complainant, who is the suspect’s mother, came to our station and reported that her daughter one Idris Mary, left home and never returned.
Upon investigation, Mary was arrested and she confessed to have planned her fake kidnapping alongside Olawuse Victor, in order to extort money from her parents.”
