The Lagos State Police Command arrests 26 foreign nationals after investigations into a reported kidnapping case find that the incident was allegedly fabricated. According to reports, the matter begins when a 22-year-old Cameroonian woman tells police she was kidnapped after travelling to Nigeria to meet a 39-year-old Chadian man she said she had been dating online. Police later carry out investigations and determine that the kidnapping claim does not match the evidence available to them. The detained group includes 19 nationals of Chad and seven citizens of Cameroon. The sources describe the arrests as resulting from findings that the kidnapping was not real, following the woman’s initial report to police. The reports do not provide additional details on the circumstances of the alleged false claim beyond the online relationship that prompted the trip. The cases’ next steps, including any charges or court process, are not specified in the excerpts.