A woman, Mrs. Abigail Brown, has been arrested for kidnapping her two children to get ransom from her husband in Rivers state.
Brown and her husband’s former
driver, identified simply as ThankGod, were said to have kidnapped Abigail’s
two children and called the husband to pay a ransom to secure their release.
Brown initially denied the
allegation against her, but later said the act was not intentional.
She told PUNCH Metro that it
was frustration that made her to commit the crime, adding that she had no means
of survival.
She claimed that her husband had
abandoned her and the two children to suffer, adding that the kidnap was the
only means of making some money from her husband.
It was gathered that the suspect had
abducted her two children, aged two and 10 respectively, and hid them in her
sister’s place.
She was said to be awaiting the
ransom from the husband before she was apprehended by the police.
She said, “I did it because of
frustration. My husband abandoned me and my children.
“Since he left us and went away, I
have been suffering with my children, and I know that he has money.“I only did
it to make him bring money for me to take care of the children we had together.”
It was learnt
that the suspect had demanded N6m as ransom to secure the release of the two
children.
She said,
“I did not demand up to that amount,
but I demanded money from my husband.”
ThankGod,
the former driver to the woman’s husband, who accepted taking part in the act,
said his former boss’ wife contacted him.
ThankGod said,
“She called me to help her. She told me to take the two children to her
sister’s place. That is how I got involved.
“She used me to act as the kidnapper
of the two children before we were arrested. She lured me into it.”
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