15-Year-Old Boy Stages Own Kidnap In Jos, Demands N500,000 As Ransom

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A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY has allegedly staged his own kidnap and demanded for the sum of N500,000 as ransom.

The
minor, who was paraded in Jos on Thursday, told newsmen that he
initiated the plan with his friends in order to enable him buy clothes
and celebrate his graduation.

“I was the one who initiated the
plan and not my friends. I wanted my father to give me money for clothes
and to also celebrate my graduation,” he said.

Briefing newsmen
on the arrest of the minor, the Commissioner of Police, Plateau command,
Isaac Akinmoyede, said that five persons were arrested in a case of
criminal conspiracy and kidnapping, including the victim, who
stage-managed his own kidnap.

He said that the father of the
victim, Mr Jerry Vichi, had on July 19 reported at ‘A’ Division, Jos
that his son, working as an apprentice at a motor vehicle electrical
wiring shop, did not return after the day’s job.

The police
commissioner said that the suspect’s father reported that he received a
phone call from a hidden number informing him that his son had been
kidnapped and taken away from Jos.

“The father said that the caller demanded for a N500,000 ransom and threatened the boy’s life,” he said.

Akinmoyede
said that the command had arrested 44 suspects in connection with
alleged kidnapping, armed robbery, culpable homicide and other
cult-related activities as part of its efforts to protect lives and
property of the people of the state.

“We have arrested 11
notorious kidnap suspects and a syndicate responsible for the recent
kidnap at Plateau State Polytechnic Staff quarters, Haipang, Zawan and
other places in Jos South Local Government Area.

“We have also
arrested two suspects in a case of threat to life and kidnapping at
Bokkos Local Government Area and another for criminal activities, armed
robbery and allegedly belonging to an unlawful society, with
locally-made pistol and two live ammunitions recovered.

“Three
suspects for culpable homicide and cult-related offences were also
arrested for shooting one Chinedu Okoye dead at Chorbe junction in Jos
North Local Government Area, while other armed robbery suspects were
also apprehended,” he said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the suspects were paraded, along with three AK 47 rifles,
three magazines with 30 rounds of live ammunitions and two unregistered
motorcycles, amongst others.


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