Police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have arrested a 28-year-old man, identified as Pascal Akuh, for allegedly faking his own kidnap.
Akuh was among the suspects paraded at the command’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, March 20, by the FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh.
According to the CP, “On March 14, 2023 at about 5:30pm, Akuh Chinemezeh reported at Apo Divisional Headquarters that his younger brother, one Pascal Akuh, 28 years, called him saying he was arrested by Police and taken to SCID custody.
On the strength of this, the police and suspect’s family went to SCID, IRT and FCID detention facilities, only to discover that he is not in any of the aforementioned facilities.
With the help of a tracker using coordinates, the suspect’s vehicle was traced to an area in Wumba, Apo. Acting on this intelligence, the police operatives from Apo Division swiftly mobilised to the scene, searched the entire axis and subsequently traced the suspect to a hotel in Lokogoma later in the night and arrested the suspect.
During interrogation, the suspect confessed that he only faked his own kidnap to prank the lady he intended to marry to know if she really loves him.”
