Police arrest three secondary school students for staging fake kidnap in Enugu

Three secondary school students have been arrested by operatives of the Enugu State Police Command for allegedly faking a kidnap in the state.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Ebere Amaraizu made the disclosure in a statement on Friday.

Amaraizu said the students of an Enugu-based secondary school had demanded a ransom of N500, 000 during the “fake abduction.”
He disclosed that the police through its anti-kidnapping unit had begun an investigation to unravel the circumstances behind the alleged incident.
According to Amaraizu,“It was gathered that on July 11, one Nebeife Nnamdi aged about 17 years, who is a Senior Secondary School (SSS) – 3 student of an Enugu-based secondary school, had been allegedly abducted by gunmen.

“Later, there was a demand of N500,000 ransom from his alleged abductors. Following the development, the operatives of the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit swung into action.

“The Anti-Kidnapping Unit through intelligence information nabbed Ene Chigozie Steven, Okafor Okechukwu and Nebeife Nnamdi, who is said to have been kidnapped, on July 14 at about 2:30 p.m., at their hideout at Trans-Ekulu within Enugu metropolis.
“They have revealed that the alleged kidnap was faked by them to collect money from the alleged kidnapped victim’s father and are currently regretting their evil action,” the police spokesperson said.

The police spokesperson said the suspects had been helping the police in their investigation.