Woman fakes own kidnapping, demands N200,000 ransom from husband

The police in Enugu State has arrested a house wife, for stage-managing her own kidnapping and demanding the sum of N200, 000 from her husband Marcus Chukwu as ransom.

Also arrested in connection with the crime is her collaborator in the crime, one Chikwe Tochukwu, a commercial motorcycle operator.

DailyPost gathered that Marcus, a native of Agbogugu in Awgu local Government Area of Enugu State, had received a call from his wife, Nancy Chukwu, claiming that she had been abducted by unknown gunmen and that her abductors were demanding the sum of two hundred thousand naira.

The suspects thereafter gave Marcus an account number where the said ransom is to be paid.

However, instead of paying the ransom, Marcus reported the matter to the anti-kidnap unit of the police.


The police spokesman in Enugu State, Ebere Amaraizu, DSP, who confirmed the incident to DailyPost, disclosed that investigations conducted revealed that Tochukwu of Amakwe Okeremiri Aboh Mbaise in Imo state, residing at Agbogugu was the brain behind the stage managed kidnap, which was aimed at reaping off the woman’s husband.

In his confession to the police, Tochukwu said he is an okada rider that usually conveys Nancy home anytime she is returning from market, adding that Nancy lured her into the crime.

He further confessed that while he was together with Nancy, he used a tone suggestive of a kidnapper already holding Nancy under captivity, and demanded that the sum of two hundred thousand naira is to be paid as a ransom to the account number provided, which he also claimed belonged to his friend Chikwado.

On her part, Nancy, who also confessed to the crime, said she never knew what came over her prompting such behaviour.

“A full scale investigations into the alleged incident has intensified”, Amaraizu further stated.