Teenage Girl allegedly stages own abduction, extorts N500,000 from widowed mother
Teenage Girl allegedly stages own abduction, extorts N500,000 from widowed mother
What began as a desperate search for a kidnapped teenager has ended in a startling confession, after operatives of the Delta State Police Command uncovered what they described as a staged abduction involving a 17-year-old girl and three of her friends.
The suspect, identified as Chiamaka, was arrested under the leadership of Commissioner of Police, Aina Adesola, following investigations that pointed to inconsistencies in the reported kidnap.
Police spokesperson, Bright Edafe, disclosed the development in a video shared on his Facebook page, revealing that the teenager allegedly orchestrated the scheme to extort N500,000 from her mother, a widowed peasant farmer.
According to Edafe, Chiamaka and her three accomplices reportedly left Ugolo for Port Harcourt, where they lodged in a hotel before initiating contact with her mother.
“While there, she called her mother, claiming she had been kidnapped and demanded money.
“Her mother, who is a widow and of modest means, went around collecting the money to secure her release. During this process, she reported the incident to the police, and our investigation suggested it was not an actual kidnapping.
“Cases like this often involve youths between the ages of 15 and 20. In this instance, the 17-year-old said one of her friends had previously done the same to her mother, kidnapping themselves to extort money. She and her friends decided to replicate the same scheme.”
The teenager, an SSS 3 student, is currently in police custody.
In her confession, Chiamaka admitted: “Me and my friends planned to kidnap myself and collect money from my mother.”
She claimed she was pressured into participating by friends she had only recently met. “I didn’t want to do that. It’s because of my friends, they forced me to do it,” she said.
On how the money was spent, she added, “The money, N500,000, we used it to buy clothes.”
