Ondo teen sisters stage abduction,demand N100,000 ransom

No fewer than 28 people have been taken into custody by the Ondo State Security Network Agency, commonly known as the Amotekun Corps, for their involvement in various crimes in some regions of the state.

Two secondary school students who were detained for allegedly fabricating their kidnapping and extorting ransom from their mother were among the suspects.

The two female students were in JSS1 and JSS3, respectively, and were 13 and 15 years old, according to the state commander, Adetunji Adeleye, who presented the suspects on Monday at the command center in Akure, the state’s capital.

The suspects allegedly called their mother while hiding somewhere in Oka-Akoko, Akoko South-West Local Government Area of the state, claiming to be kidnappers who had taken them and demanding N100,000.

Adeleye stated that the girls pretended to be kidnappers and contacted the ruler of their village, threatening to kill the kidnapped people if the ransom wasn’t paid in 24 hours.

He said, “The 28 suspects we are parading today (Monday) shows that we have more kidnapping than any other criminal activities. This is in continuation of our efforts at ensuring that kidnapping in Ondo State becomes a thing of the past.

“We have people who kidnapped themselves and raised alarm and in our diligent investigations, we were able to unravel the mystery surrounding their disappearance to the extent that they have confessed.”

The head of Amotekun remarked that the Department of State Services agents assisted in the arrest of the suspects since the girls’ phone line had been traced to where they were hiding.

One of the girls spoke up and admitted to the crime, saying that her older sister had tricked her into committing it.

The 13-year-old girl said, “On that day, my sister and I spent the night in our grandma’s place and left there around 6am the following day.

“While on our way back home, my sister told me that she had a plan to get money from our mother.

“She then revealed her plan to declare ourselves kidnapped and asked for N50,000 each ransom from our mother. It was my sister who taught me what to say when she put a call through to my mother.

“When we called, we didn’t know that it was the monarch that was speaking with us on the telephone when we threatened to kill our victims in captivity if they failed to pay the ransom quickly.”