A 15-year-old Suleja boy who staged his own kidnapping in a bid to extort ₦200,000 from his father has been arrested alongside his teenage accomplice, the Niger state Police Command have disclosed.
It was learnt that the teenager, Kelvin Faga disappeared after attending church on 20 July 2026 and failed to return home. The following day, his family received a telephone call demanding a ransom of ₦200,000 and claiming the boy had been abducted.
Acting on the report made at B Division, Suleja, police detectives launched an investigation which led to tracing the missing teenager to a hotel in Suleja, where he was found in the company of 17-year-old Mayowa Ojewuyi, also known as Mayor.
Under interrogation, both youths confessed that they had carefully planned the self-abduction. Their intention, they admitted, was to collect the ransom money from Kelvin’s father and thereafter share the proceeds between them.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abiodun Wasiu said that the two suspects are currently in custody at the State Criminal Investigation Department, where further inquiries are continuing adding that they will be charged to court once the investigation is completed.
In a separate case, a 22-year-old man has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment without the option of a fine for stealing a motorcycle.
Abubakar Danladi of New-Market area of Minna, was arrested with a black TVS motorcycle with registration number GWN 436 QB that had been taken from outside a lodge in Gidan-Kwano.
The theft was reported to Kpakungu Division at about 1pm on 26 July 2026 and the Police operatives and vigilante members during investigations apprehended Danladi with the stolen machine at Dama area near Gidan-Kwano.
The suspect confessed to the crime during investigation and was charged to court where the magistrate found him guilty as charged and imposed the two-year prison term.
Credit: thenationonlineng.net
