The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested one Nnandi Agu for faking his own kidnap in an attempt to defraud his brother, who lives in River Park Estate.
Confirming the arrest in a statement on Saturday on the command’s official X handle, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, described the report of his abduction as fake news.
The statement read, “The FCT police Command is aware of the news making rounds about an alleged kidnapping incident at River Park estate in the early hours of today (yesterday) and wishes to state that contrary to reports, nobody was kidnapped in River Park Estate.
“One Nnandi Agu ‘m’ of Games Village only faked his own kidnap in an attempt to defraud his brother who lives within the said Estate.
“The suspect is currently in police custody undergoing interrogation.
“While investigation is still ongoing, further development would be communicated to the public,” it added.
