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| Ogbu and Ani |
The police in Enugu State have arrested a
coffin dealer, Mr. Samuel Ani, for allegedly “kidnapping himself” and
demanding ransom from his younger brothers.
Ani was arrested last Thursday in a bush where he had hid himself for six days.
The police said on Sunday that it was
from the bush that the suspect made telephone calls to his two younger
brothers that he had been abducted and that N2m was required to get him
out of the purported kidnappers den. He was said to have told his
brothers that failure to pay the ransom meant that he would be killed.
The brothers, however,
reported the case to the Enugu State Police Command, which in turn mobilised its anti-kidnap unit.
Our correspondent learnt that an initial sum of N100, 000 was paid into the account number provided by the supposed kidnappers.
However, a girl, Oluchi Ogbu, was
arrested when she went to withdraw the money from a new generation bank
on Agbani Road, Enugu.
The Police Public Relations Officer for
the state, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, said, “The girl was identified as Oluchi
Ogbu from Akpugo in Nkanu West Local Government Area. She is Samuel
Ani’s fiancée.
“On closer interrogation, she revealed
that the account belongs to her but she was instructed by Samuel (Ani)
to supply the account number so that his brothers could pay the ransom
into it. She said she was instructed to cash it as soon as she received
an alert of the payment and bring it to him (Ani).”
Amaraizu said Ogbu’s revelation led to the arrest of Ani in the bush.
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