The police in Enugu State have
arrested one Samuel Ani after he
allegedly "kidnapped himself" and
demanded N2 million ransom from his brothers.
Samuel saw his own kidnap as the quickest way
of getting financial assistance from his brothers,
who he labeled "stingy fellows".
However, it has ended up badly for the coffin
dealer, an indigene of Ugwuaji, Enugu South Local
Government Area.
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
very convincing tone that he had been abducted
and that the sum of N2 million was required to
get him out of the purported kidnappers den, else
he would be killed.
The spokesman of the police 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.
According to him, "when Samuel intensified his
call that the purported kidnappers were on the
verge of killing him if his people cannot bring the
money, which was later reduced to N1.2m, some
amount of money was sent across to the account
number provided by the purported kidnappers and
a certain girl who went to cash the sum of initial
N100, 000 sent into 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 led to the arrest of Samuel who
disclosed that he was not kidnapped but that he
kidnapped himself so that his wealthy younger
brothers can pay money for ransom which he will
use to sort out his business dealings".
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