17-Year-Old IMSU Student Arrested for Faking Own Kidnap, Death

The Imo State Police Command has detained 17-year-old Jesse Chidebere, a student at Imo State University (IMSU), for faking her abduction and death. Police Public Relations Officer ASP Henry Okoye revealed this in a statement issued in Owerri, shared with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday. Okoye emphasized that the hoax caused significant distress … Read more

Lagos Student Fakes Own Abduction, Demands $700,000 Ransom

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Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a suspected staged kidnapping involving 20-year-old student Collins Ikwebe and five of his schoolmates. According to PUNCH, the case surfaced on Saturday after a viral social media post by a friend of one of the suspects. The friend, identified only as 888 @FlackoT … Read more

Pregnant Woman Fakes Abduction, Extorts N2 Million Ransom From Husband

 Eko Hot Blog reports that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police has apprehended a pregnant woman for reportedly faking her own abduction. The suspect identified as Rosemary Ubah conspired with one Walter Ezeala to fake her own abduction and collect a ransom of N2 million from her husband. Editor’s Picks ‘Drowning Wannabe Politrickster’ – NLC … Read more

Banker Diverted Customer’s N1.7m Savings, Faked Abduction To Evade Arrest

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Police in the Ogun state has revealed that the employee of a Microfinance Bank, Kemta Oloko, Olumide Openaike, who allegedly went missing and was found in Niger state, faked his kidnap over his inability to pay up a N1.7 million debt. Making this disclosure to Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, … Read more