Operatives of the Bauchi Police Command have arrested 41-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed, who allegedly faked his own kidnap to defraud his family, TheNation has reported.
Also arrested was his friend and accomplice, Haruna Saidu (35) who aided Mohammed in the false kidnapping for financial gain.
The Nation gathered Mohammed’s brother, Tijanni of Sabon Fegi Lafia in Nassarawa state, had reported at the Police Area Command in Nassarawa that his elder brother had left home to Kano state for business, only for him to call and inform them that he has been kidnapped along with others near Gusau Zamfara, the state capital.
Mohammed was said to have told his brother Tijjani that his abductors demanded N10m for his release which was later reduced to N1m after several negotiation with the alleged kidnappers.
Parading the alleged kidnapper and hostage on Thursday, at the command headquarters in Bauchi, the state capital, the Police Public Relation Officer of the State Command, DSP, Kamal Datti Abubakar said:
