Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a 16-year-old girl, Suluka Abimbola, and her boyfriend, Oluwaseun Daniel Olajide, 25, for conspiracy and self-kidnap.
Ekiti State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Sunday Abutu, in a release Saturday, said that on June 16, 2021, at about 1140 hours, one Bolaji Femi, of Bawa Estate, in Ado-Ekiti, came to New Iyin Divisional Police Headquarters and reported that her sister, Suluka Abimbola, left home for Christ School, Ado-Ekiti, on June 15, 2021 but did not return home.
According to Abutu, the complainant explained that when Abimbola’s GSM number was called, an unknown person picked and confirmed that she was in their custody but would not be released until a ransom of N500,000, was paid to a particular bank account belonging to one Adisa Damilola.
Abutu added that the case was immediately transferred to the Anti-kidnapping Unit of the state CID where the owner of the account (Damilola) who is also a friend to Oluwaseun Daniel Olajide, was tracked and arrested.
“Adisa Damilola led the operatives of the anti-kidnapping unit to Alex Grace Hotel, along Housing, Ado-Ekiti, where Suluka Abimbola and her boyfriend, Oluwaseun Daniel Olajide, alongside one other accomplice, Adefolaju Caleb, 23, were lodging and were arrested,” he said.
“ During interrogation, Abimbola confessed to committing the crime as well as Oluwaseun Daniel Olajide and Adefolaju Caleb.
Abimbola said she decided to conspire with the other suspects to commit the crime in order to raise money from her family members to enable her relocate from Ekiti State since her mother had insisted that she must take to medical field as against her dream of becoming an actress.
The Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, Mr Tunde Mobayo, condemnned the act and has ordered investigations for further action to serve as a deterrent to other criminally minded persons in the society.
