Man arrested in Abuja for faking own kidnap to test his fiancée’s love

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), FCT Command, have arrested a 28-year-old man, Pascal Akuh, for faking his own kidnap.

FCT Police Commissioner, CP Ben Igweh, who made this known during a press briefing on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, said the suspect confessed to have faked his own kidnap to test his fiancée’s love for him. 

“On March 14, 2023 at about 5:30pm, Akuh Chinemezeh reported at Apo Divisional Headquarters that his younger brother, one Pascal Akuh, 28 years, called him saying he was arrested by Police and taken to SCID custody,” the CP stated. 

“On the strength of this, the Police and the suspect’s family went to SCID, IRT and FCID detention facilities, only to discover that he is not in any of the aforementioned facilities. 

“With the help of a tracker using coordinates, the suspect’s vehicle was traced to an area in Wumba, Apo. 

“Acting on this intelligence, the Police operatives from Apo Division swiftly mobilised to the scene, searched the entire axis and subsequently traced the suspect to a hotel in Lokogoma later in the night and arrested the suspect. 

“During interrogation, the suspect confessed that he only faked his own kidnap to prank the lady he intended to marry to know if she really loved him.”