Police arrest Nigerian woman for arranging husband’s kidnap

UYO, Nigeria (The Informant247) – A 40-year-old Nigerian woman, Mrs Joy Emmanuel, has been accused of arranging the kidnap of her husband, Mr Emmanuel Ebong.

The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State, South-South Nigeria, Olatoye Durosinmi, told newsmen on Friday that Joy and the kidnappers collected a sum of N2million as ransom for her husband’s release.

Speaking to newsmen, Joy said that circumstances forced her to plan the kidnapping of her husband.

She said that her husband did not only starve her of sex but also refused to provide for the family.

“I did menial jobs to fend for the family. I arranged his kidnapping because I needed money to take care of the family.

“Unfortunately I was not given the ransom money after the abduction was successful,” she said.

Joy mentioned one Udo Moji, now at large, as the leader of the gang she engaged for her husband’s abduction.

She said, “They collected the money from me and never gave anything to me. Some members of the group who were arrested while spending the money mentioned my name to the police.”

Also speaking, the husband said that he was kidnapped at about 8.30 p.m., on July 21 shortly after entering his house.

“They took me out of my compound in a mini bus. They kept me for four days and demanded the sum of N2million as ransom.

“They took me to Etinan where they caged me. I am very fortunate that the police came on a rescue operation.

“They collected N2million from me. The police later recovered about N500,000 from them,” he said.