Men of the Ogun State police command on Tuesday said they have arrested three persons for faking the kidnapping of their friend in Abeokuta metropolis of the state in order to extort N1 million ransom from his master.
The duo of Nafiu Ojo and Abdullahi Lawal were said to have conspired together with the third suspect, Adeboye Michael for the purpose of defrauding Adeboye’s master, Olowoju Ojo of the sum of N1 million.
LEADERSHIP gathered that Adeboye’s master, Olowoju had ordered his apprentice, Michael Adeboye to go and deposit the sum of N500, 000 in a bank which the suspect diverted and used at lodging in an undisclosed hotel.
After lodging in the hotel in Abeokuta metropolis, Adeboye and his friends allegedly called his master, Olowoju on phone, informing him that his apprentice had been kidnapped along with the money at his disposal.
The fake kidnappers were said to have requested from Olowoju, another sum of N500, 000 to balance their N1 million ransom before his apprentice…
