This is a story of a woman Victoria Ndu Elijah, who is a wife of a pastor of a church in Akwa Ibom, who was said to be kidnapped but was later observed that she actually masterminded her own kidnap in other to get money from the church members, she was placed on the sum of 3million naira. According to reports she told her husband that she was going to market but called with an unknown number, that she has been kidnapped and she is currently in Awo mmama in Imo state.
Mrs. Victoria Elijah Ndu, a 32-year-old
Pastor’s wife of an undisclosed church located in Nsit Atai Local
Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has been arrested for planning her
kidnap.
It was gathered that Mrs. Ndu was first rescued in
Awo Omamma in Imo state last Monday, August 24 by men of the
anti-kidnapping squad from the state Police Command in Ikot Akpan-Abia
and arrested the same day after an investigation showed that she
actually planned her kidnapping to get some money from her church
members.
It was learned that they had placed N3m ransom for her (Victoria) release.
Victoria
was said to have told her husband on August 16, 2017 that she was going
to the market whereas she traveled to Imo state where she made calls
alerting her husband of her kidnap. Also arrested for alleged conspiracy
to the crime was her younger brother, Victor Okon Akang an artisan, who
resides in Awo Omamma, Imo State.
It was gathered that
Victoria’s brother, Okon Akang had run to the village from Imo State
crying over his sister’s alleged kidnap when the sister was actually
hiding in his house in Imo state. The Police Public Relations Officer,
DSP Chukwu Ikechukwu told newsmen yesterday at Ikot Akpan-Abia that the
suspects were rescued and arrested same day following interrogation by
men of the anti-kidnapping unit where Mrs. Victoria confessed to
masterminding the crime.
Ikechukwu said: “Victoria’s
husband had on August 16 reported to the Divisional Police Headquarters
in Nsit Atai that his wife had been kidnapped. He told the police that
the wife told him she was going to the market that day. But Nsit Atai
lacked the jurisdiction to handle kidnap matter; the case was
transferred to the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation
Department (SCIID). “They traced the calls used by contacting the church
members and demanding for N3 million ransom to Awo Omamma in Imo state.
That was how men of the anti-kidnapping unit swung into action, tracked
down the suspects and rescued them.
“It was while Victoria
Ndu was being interrogated at the anti- Kidnapping unit that she
confessed that she actually masterminded her own kidnap. That was how
she and her brother were arrested. The brother was arrested because both
of them conspired to fake the crime.
“What you are seeing
here today is to serve as a deterrent to people who may be planning to
go into this kind of crime. Police in Akwa Ibom is doing everything
possible to make sure that crime in the state is reduced to the barest
minimum “The Commissioner of Police Mr. Zubairu Muazu, therefore,
appeals to members of the public to provide useful information that will
help us to achieve that and serve them better.”
The
suspects, during an interview, admitted to the crime even as both
pleaded to be forgiven attributing their action to lack of money to
conduct burial ceremony for their late parents. Victoria, who lamented
her suffering after 10years of marriage without a child said: “We are
orphans from a poor background. I only did what I did to help my family
bury our parents. Our father died in 2008 but we did not conduct any
burial ceremony for him. In April this year, our mother died too and
since then she has not been buried because of no money. We wanted to
conduct burial for both of them.” She, however, admitted initially
placing N3million ransom on herself but reduced the amount to N1million
during the negotiations.
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