19-Year-Old Nigerian Teenager Girl Kidnaps Herself, Demands N600,000 From Dad

The Police Command in Lagos State have arrested a 19-year-old teenage girl, Dorcas Adilewa, who planned her kidnap to defraud her father...

The suspect hatched the plan in connivance with one Ifeoluwa Ogunbanjo, her friend, who provided location and a phone to contract her parents.

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, said that the suspects were arrested on July 13 following a report by the suspect's father.

"On July 7 at about 5.p.m., Adilewa Taiwo reported at ketu Police Station that he received a call from phone number 09057432362. He was told that his daughter, Dorcasm was being held hostage and that if he does not want her killed, he should pay a ransom of N600,000 to secure her release....

Investigation into the case was immediately commenced and the above phone number that was used by the suspects was geo-located to Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State.

The O/C Anti-Kidnapping led his operatives to Ijebu-Igbo on July 12 and combed the area in search of the supposed victim till the following morning."

The commissioner said that while search was ongoing at Ijebu-Igbo, the location of the supposed kidnappers changed to Ikotun in Lagos.

When the fake kidnappers realized that the Police were closing in on them, the supposed victim decided to call the complainant to inform him that she has been released, after he had deposited the sum of N8,000 in her UBA account number: 2087804991.

Imohimi said that when Adilewa was being debriefed upon her release, she confessed that she actually planned the fake kidnap with her friend, one Ogunbanjo..

"She provided her with accommodation at No.174, Adeboye road, Okesopin, Ijebu Ibgo in Ogun State to hide and the phone that they used in demanding for the ransom....

Investigation is in progress and on completion, the suspect will be charged to court accordingly," the commissioner said.