Delta Police Arrest Woman Accused of Faking Abduction to Demand ₦15m from Brother

Police in Delta State have arrested a 55-year-old woman accused of staging her own abduction to extort ₦15 million from her younger brother. The case was reported at Ubulukwu Police Division, and an intelligence-led investigation led to her arrest, according to the police command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe. During questioning, she reportedly said she had pretended to leave home to buy medicine, then called her brother and falsely claimed kidnappers were holding her for ransom. She said she needed the money to treat a painful leg and blamed the devil for her actions.

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