Woman fakes own kidnapping, demands N200,000 ransom from husband

The police in Enugu State has arrested a house wife, for stage-managing her own kidnapping and demanding the sum of N200, 000 from her husband Marcus Chukwu as ransom.

Also arrested in connection with the crime is her collaborator in the crime, one Chikwe Tochukwu, a commercial motorcycle operator.

DailyPost gathered that Marcus, a native of Agbogugu in Awgu local Government Area of Enugu State, had received a call from his wife, Nancy Chukwu, claiming that she had been abducted by unknown gunmen and that her abductors were demanding the sum of two hundred thousand naira.

The suspects thereafter gave Marcus an account number where the said ransom is to be paid.

However, instead of paying the ransom, Marcus reported the matter to the anti-kidnap unit of the police.

The police spokesman in Enugu State, Ebere Amaraizu, DSP, who confirmed the incident to DailyPost, disclosed that investigations conducted revealed that Tochukwu of Amakwe Okeremiri Aboh Mbaise in Imo state, residing at Agbogugu was the brain behind the stage managed kidnap, which was aimed at reaping off the woman’s husband.

In his confession to the police, Tochukwu said he is an okada rider that usually conveys Nancy home anytime she is returning from market, adding that Nancy lured her into the crime.

He further confessed that while he was together with Nancy, he used a tone suggestive of a kidnapper already holding Nancy under captivity, and demanded that the sum of two hundred thousand naira is to be paid as a ransom to the account number provided, which he also claimed belonged to his friend Chikwado.

On her part, Nancy, who also confessed to the crime, said she never knew what came over her prompting such behaviour.

“A full scale investigations into the alleged incident has intensified”, Amaraizu further stated.

source: dailypost

DEMOLITION: Government Destroys Mountain Of Fire Church Regional Headquaters

After over one year of battle between the Enugu State Government and the Mountain of Fire Ministries, the Church’s regional headquarters located at Zik Avenue, Enugu was leveled this morning.

 The Church had earlier dragged the government to court over the matter last year, a situation that led to what seemed to be an out-of-court resolution of the matter.

Government was reported to have given the church 20 plots of land in another location, but the church felt it should be backed by cash to enable it rebuild the multi-million naira church, especially as it allegedly had necessary documents and approvals backing its ownership of the land and the church building.

According to report, the church had requested for some time to enable it put up a structure at the new site.

It was, however, gathered that government allegedly gave the church three days to remove its properties, a notice described as too short by the church authorities.

As early as 8 a.m on Thursday, two caterpillars from the Enugu Government commenced pulling down of the church.

As at the time of filling this report, the demolition of the large church is on-going, even as worshipers are outside singing and praying.

source: dailypost