Grace Igwe, a 22-year-old lady who lives with her
parents at 19, Agulu Street, Umuahia, Abia State, has
reportedly organised her own abduction with her
boyfriend, Sunday Bright. Igwe and Bright were
yesterday paraded by the state Commissioner of Police,
Mr. Leye Oyebade. Bright, according to Oyebade, is from
Esan North, Edo State.
He was arrested in connection with the abduction of the
lady after she was reported missing by her father, Obinna
Igwe, on August 9. “Search for the whereabouts of the
missing Grace Igwe by the police and the family of the
victim yielded positive result when an unknown caller
demanded N100,000 ransom, which was paid in parts
into the bank account of the suspect.
“This link was followed by the police in their
investigation until the suspect was arrested on
September 9 at Akpakpava area in Benin City, Edo State
and the suspect led the police on the rescue of the
victim,” Oyebade said. Narrating his own side of the
story, Bright said his girlfriend, Grace, came to him
demanding N200,000 and when he said he did not have
the money she pressed for whatever he could afford.
He explained that because of the pressure and the
urgency of the demand he suspected she had fallen into
the hands of fraudsters who wanted her to bring the
money.
Bright said he asked her whether the parents were aware
of the development and she said no. From that time he
started making contacts with her parents to raise the
money demanded by the fraudsters who Grace alleged
took her phone and other valuables until she returned
with the ransom.
The suspect added that when it became obvious that
she was a victim of fraudsters, he decided to help her
raise the money by making calls and text messages to
her parents and in the process he was arrested by the
police. He said Grace stayed with him for three weeks
while trying to raise the money.
[Daily Post]
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