{"id":104534,"date":"2023-04-30T04:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T03:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=104534"},"modified":"2023-04-30T04:28:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T03:28:00","slug":"lagos-couple-kidnaps-selves-demands-n5m-ransom-from-relatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/lagos-couple-kidnaps-selves-demands-n5m-ransom-from-relatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos couple kidnaps selves, demands N5m ransom from relatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1764553554232563502\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a couple (name withheld) over alleged self-kidnap for N5 million ransom.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe command\u2019s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to Pointblanknews.com on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Hundeyin said that the husband, a 53-year-old technician and wife, a 48-year-old masseuse and bone setter, were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday respectively after a family member of the man reported the purported kidnap.<\/p>\n<p>He said the couple, who admitted to the crime, claimed they planned the self-kidnap with a view to raising N3 million to buy back their house in the Badagry area of Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe man brought the idea and sold it to his wife. He did not deny it before the police. He said he did it through a text message for a purpose. He said he did it because he wanted to buy back his house with N3 million.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cThe man claimed he decided to organise a self-kidnap because he has financially capable brothers and sisters abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe claimed that if they hear of his kidnap with his wife, they would negotiate with the kidnappers and pay the money,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Hundeyin noted that the couple was still living in their house in Badagry when they sent out text messages of their kidnap to their relations, stressing that when police visited the house on Tuesday, they met the wife and three children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a couple (name withheld) over alleged self-kidnap for N5 million ransom. 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