No be small wahala wey dey happen for Lagos as police don open eye for fake kidnappers wey dey use social media dey run their waka. Dem don investigate plenty staged kidnapping wey no be real, instead na just scam to collect money from victims wey suppose dey fear their loved ones.
SP Abimbola Adebisi wey be police spokesperson talk say di police dey monitor social media sharply as dem don deploy tactical squads to catch dis criminals. Commissioner of Police, Mr Olohundare Jimoh, don also give area commanders and divisional officers directive to connect with community leaders make dem fit gather information fim-fim.
One correct case wey dem talk involve a 26-year-old housewife, Misturah Bada, wey fake say dem don kidnap am and demand N10 million ransom from her husband wey dey South Africa. Dem negotiate down to N3 million, but as di husband pay N2.5 million, dem still no release am. Na this wahala wey make police begin dey look into di matter sharply, only to find say na scam!
Na so police discover say di woman don stage am with one guy wey dey Osun State, wey provide di SIM card wey dem take dey negotiate. Even di iPhone wey she talk say dem carry go, she don sell am before police catch her. See as dem dey use technology and wahala meet!
No be only Misturah matter dey gree police for Lagos, as dem don catch five young boys wey dey between 15 and 20 wey also stage fake kidnapping just to collect N1.7 million from one of their mamas. Imagine! Di small boy dey tell him friends say make dem help am do ‘prank’ kidnapping. Na so police trace di transaction come catch dem!
Another couple dey also face police wahala as dem try to scam N10 million from their family, using di woman wahala as di base. Di woman come dey call am ‘prank kidnapping,’ claiming say na to help her husband wey dey vex because he no fit travel. As e be now, police don dey on top di matter, dey send dem hold for police station.
Adebisi don advice Lagosians make dem dey sharp for mind, report any suspicious matter, and no rush to send money based on bad news wey dem hear. E no good make people dey pull fake kidnapping yarn to make money because e fit cost real panic and disturb the wahala wey police dey try to solve. Obodo, no be every wahala wey person dey face, wey go need to end in kidnapping run! Keep your eyes sharp and report wetin dey happen so di police fit run param.
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