Kidnap: Teenager fakes own kidnap in Jos, demand N500,000 ransom from parents

The police in Plateau state has arrested a 15-year-old boy who staged his own kidnap to windle his parents of N500,000 as ransom.

While being paraded on Thursday, the minor said, “I was the one who initiated the plan and not my friends. I wanted my father to give me money for clothes and to also celebrate my graduation.”

Speaking on the incident, the Commissioner of Police, Plateau command, Isaac Akinmoyede, said that five persons were arrested in a case of criminal conspiracy and kidnapping, including the victim, who stage-managed his own kidnap.

According to him, the father of the victim, Mr Jerry Vichi, had on July 19 reported at ‘A’ Division, Jos that his son, working as an apprentice at a motor vehicle electrical wiring shop, did not return after the day’s job.

Vichi also reported that he received a phone call from a hidden number informing him that his son had been kidnapped and taken away from Jos.

“The father said that the caller demanded a N500,000 ransom and threatened the boy’s life,” the police boss said.