A 31-year-old man has been arrested by the Delta State Police Command for allegedly attempting to kidnap his aunt, who had raised him from the age of five.
The suspect, Chukwemeka Destiny, was paraded on Saturday by the command’s spokesman, SP Edafe Bright, who said Destiny had paid N900,000 to people he believed were kidnappers to abduct the woman.
Edafe said the plot was one of a disturbing pattern of violence against those who extend help to others.
“We’ve had cases where workers killed their employer. We’ve had cases where security men killed their bosses just because they want to cut away their jewelry,” he said.
According to Bright, Destiny had lived with the aunt for 10 years, from age five to 15, before leaving without maintaining contact with the family.
“All of a sudden something just came up to his mind that let me kidnap my auntie who trained me, who saw me through school, and that was what he did,” Edafe said.
He said Destiny made two separate payments to the would-be abductors, an initial deposit of N200,000, followed by a second payment of N700,000.
He said the plot unravelled after the men Destiny approached turned out not to be kidnappers. Rather than carry out the abduction, they used him as bait, lured him in and handed him over to the police.
“Unknown to him that the people he contacted were not kidnappers. They rather used him as bait, got him and handed him over to the police thereby saving the life of his auntie,” Bright said.
When interrogated, Destiny admitted guilt but said he could not explain what led him to target the woman.
“Sincerely speaking to you, I am guilty of what really happened. I don’t know what came over me. I can’t tell,” he said.
The suspect, who said he is a married father of two, attributed his action to the devil when pressed further.
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