A student of Imo state university, has been caught and paraded by the Rivers state police command, for allegedly staging her own kidnap in order to extort money from her father.
The suspec, who during interrogations, gave her name to reporters as Miss Jane Okoro, however told the police she is Chiwendu Udensi, an indigene of Imo state.
She was apprehended with her cohorts, a three-man gang, after the deal was foiled by the police.
Chiwendu sent one of her accomplices to pick the ransom on Obiri Ikerre flyover at Obio/Akpor, to which they met their Waterloo.
The police Commissioner, Odesanya, said Chiwendu plotted her own kidnap and demanded the sum of N6million from her parents as ransom.
Odesanya said: “On November 6 about 4pm, Chinwendu Udensi, a female student of Imo State University, was kidnapped by gunmen in Imo State.
“The kidnappers called and demanded N6million ransom. Men of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Monitoring Unit led by Ben Igweh set a bait for them and as they went to pick the money on Obiri Ikwerre flyover in company of the victim, they were arrested.
“It was later discovered that the victim connived with them and arranged her kidnap to extort money from her parents.”
In an interview with reporters, the suspect, who claimed to be a student of Abia State University, Uturu, Okigwe, in Abia state, confirmed her involvement in the kidnapping saga, and said she wanted to extort money from her wealthy but stingy father.
Her words: “Nothing much happened. I wanted to collect money from my family, so I faked my kidnap. I did it to continue my schooling.”
Chiwendu, on realising her sad end, regretted her actions and asked for forgiveness from her family, accepting blame for her mistakes and disappointment to them.
In her words, “I’m not happy about my present condition because I never thought it will be like this.
“I sincerely apologise to my family for the trauma I might have caused them in a bid to extort money from them for my project and other requirements. To my friends out there, my advice is that they should not involve themselves in such a crime.”