A housewife , Mrs . Odunayo Olaniyi , has faked her own kidnap and that of her 10 – year -old son , seeking a ransom of half a million naira from her husband .
Consequently , a Chief Magistrates ’ court sitting in Ilorin on Friday ordered that she be remanded in a correctional centre.
The Police arraigned Odunayo Olaniyi , Abdulrauf Folorunso, and Afolabi Adesina on three counts of self – kidnap , false representation and asking for ransom .
The Chief Magistrate , Ibrahim Dasuki, who gave the order , also remanded Folorunso and Adesina .
Dasuki adjourned the case until October 10 for hearing .
Earlier , the Prosecution Counsel , Insp . Nasir Yusuf, had told the court that on September 19 , the complainant , who is also the defendant’ s husband , Segun Olaniyi , who works at the Kwara Road Traffic Management Authority , Ilorin , reported the case at the Anti -Kidnapping Squad , Police Headquarters , Ilorin .
Yusuf said Segun told Police that he received a message from his wife , Odunayo, that she had been kidnapped .
He alleged that Odunayo also told him that their 10 – year -old son had also been kidnapped and that the abductors were demanding for N 500 ,000 .
Yusuf said that during discreet investigation , the Police discovered that Odunayo, Folorunso and Adesina , had stage -managed the kidnap .
The offemce , he said, contravened the provisions of sections 9 , 14 , and 12 of the Kwara State Prohibition of Kidnapping Law 2010 .
They pleaded not guilty.
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