Police in Delta State say they have arrested a woman accused of faking her own kidnapping and demanding N15 million from her younger brother. Outlets report that the alleged plot involved the woman telling her brother she was abducted by gunmen while going to buy medicine, and using a ransom demand as leverage.
All three accounts describe the arrest as resulting from police investigation rather than a successful ransom payment. Daily Post Nigeria and The Punch identify the suspect as around 54 or 55 years old, and frame the case as an attempt at extortion carried out by staging an abduction. Daily Post Nigeria adds that the arrest follows an intelligence-led probe tied to a reported kidnapping at the Ubulukwu Police Division. The Punch likewise focuses on the central allegation: the woman fabricated the kidnapping story to obtain money from her brother.
