Mr. Benneth Igweh the Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police Command in a media briefing explained that one Akuh Chinemezeh reported at APO Divisional Headquarters that his twenty eight years old younger brother Pascal Akuh called him saying he was arrested by Police and taken to the Command Criminal Investigation Department.
On the strength of this, the police and suspect’s family went to the various detention facilities, only to discover that he is not in any of them in Abuja but with the help of a tracker using coordinates, the suspect’s vehicle was traced to an area in Wumba, Apo and acting on this intelligence, the police operatives from Apo Division swiftly mobilised to the scene, searched the entire axis and subsequently traced the suspect to a hotel in Lokogoma later in the night and arrested the suspect. During interrogation, suspect confessed that he only faked his own kidnap to prank the lady he intended to marry to know if she really loves him. Suspect to be arraigned in court soon.
In a similar development, one Chiedozie Ubah of Saburi II Dei-dei, Abuja, reported at Gwa-Gwa division that his pregnant wife Rosemary Ubah left home to the hospital on same date for a scan but did not return home. He later received a call through his wife’s phone number telling him that his wife had been kidnapped and demanded two million Naira ransom before her release. He transferred the sum of two million Naira into his wife’s account as instructed by the kidnapper. He later brought his wife to the station after her release. During interrogation, the wife freely confessed to have conspired with one man named Walter Ezeala living in the same street with them at Saburi to extort money from her husband. The said Walter was arrested and he confessed that his own share was eight hundred thousand Naira and the lady took one million two hundred thousand Naira. The sum of Seven hundred and ninety three thousand five hundred naira cash, two FCMB ATM cards and two android phone was recovered from them and the suspects will be charged to court soon.
Igweh concluded the briefing by reassuring Abuja residents that the Federal Capital Territory Police Command under his leadership will do all within its power to prevent crime and criminality in all of its forms and ensure the safety of all which can be effectively achieved only with the utmost cooperation of the residents living in Abuja.
