Samuel saw their own kidnap since the quickest means of getting financial assistance from his brothers, who he labeled “stingy fellows”.
However, it has wound up badly for the coffin dealer, an indigene of Ugwuaji, Enugu South Local Government Area.
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It was gathered that he faked kidnap and hid himself for six days at a bush behind his shop situated at Gariki axis of Awkunanaw also in Enugu South, from where he was making telephone calls to his two younger brothers in a really convincing tone that he had been abducted and that the amount of N2 million was required to have him out from the purported kidnappers den, else he could be killed.
The spokesman of the authorities in Enugu State, Ebere Amaraizu, DSP, who confirmed the incident disclosed that the case was reported to the State Police Command, which mobilized its anti- kidnapping unit.
In accordance with him, “when Samuel intensified his call that the purported kidnappers were on the verge of killing him if his people cannot bring the amount of money, that was later reduced to N1.2m, some sum of money was sent across to the accountnumber given by the purported kidnappers and a particular girl who went to cashthe amount of initial N100, 000 sent in to the account in one of the new generation banks located around Agbani road axis on 29/8/13, was tracked and picked by the operatives.
“Her revelation generated the arrest of Samuel who disclosed that he wasn't kidnapped but that he kidnapped himself in order that his wealthy younger brothers can pay money for ransom which he will use to sort out his business dealings
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