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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Rafiu Rahaman, a Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) Agent, was arrested by detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department in Lagos for faking his own kidnapping.
In a statement issued by SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesman for the Lagos state police command, Rahaman traveled to Lugbe Abuja after faking his own kidnapping and making a video of himself in captivity, which he sent to a co-worker.
The police spokesperson said Rahman’s accomplice Usman Sheidu, 32, demanded a ransom of five million naira but only received one hundred and fifty thousand naira after extensive negotiations. Sheidu has also been arrested.
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Hundeyin said: “Investigations revealed that Usman Sheidu who was arrested in Abuja conspired with Rahaman to self-stage the kidnap and make the video that was sent to the co-worker for ransom. Usman also confessed to have shared the ransom equally with Rahaman and used his share in acquiring a generator and other items for himself. Suspects will be arraigned in court at the conclusion of investigations.”
He added that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, has vowed that perpetrators of crimes will not go unpunished.
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