Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested two suspects for allegedly threatening to kill a woman and set her house ablaze.
The suspects identified as Prince Anthony Uwa (31) and William Ugiagdor (38) were alleged to have threatened to assassinate one Evelyn Akpan and her family if she failed to pay them N1.5 million.
The spokesperson for the command, SP Moses Yamu, said the suspects committed the offence on September 9 in Benin.
He said one Evelyn Akpan reported to the police that unknown persons sent her text messages threatening to burn down her house and assassinate her and her entire family if she does not pay the sum of N1.5 million.
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Yamu explained that the police, through intelligence, tracked and arrested the suspects, who had both confessed to the crime.
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