A pregnant-married woman, Rosemary Ubah, has been arrested alongside her boyfriend, Walter Ezeala, for deceiving her husband, Chiedozie Ubah, into paying N2m as ransom in self-kidnap.
The drama happened in Abuja, and as stated by the FCT Commissioner of Police (CP), Benneth Igweh, while parading the suspects at the Police headquarters, it occurred on March 11, 2024.
Igweh said in collusion with Ezeala, Rosemary lied to her husband that she was kidnapped and shared the N2m ransom paid by Chiedozie with her boyfriend.
The CP’s word, “On 11/03/2024 at about 19:40hrs, one Chiedozie Ubah ‘m’ of Saburi II Dei-dei, Abuja, reported at gwa gwa division that his pregnant wife Rosemary Ubah left home to the hospital on same date for a scan but did not return home. He later received a call through his wife’s phone number telling him that his wife had been kidnapped and demanded for two (2) million naira ransom before her release.
“He transferred the sum of two (2) million naira into his wife’s account as instructed by the kidnapper. He later brought his wife to the station after her release. During interrogation, the wife freely confessed to have conspired with one man named Walter Ezeala ‘m’ living in the same street with them at Saburi to extort money from her husband.
“The said Walter was arrested and he confessed that his own share was eight hundred thousand (N800,000) naira and the lady took one million two hundred thousand naira (N1,200,000). The sum of Seven hundred and ninety three thousand five hundred naira (N793,500) cash, two (2) FCMB ATM cards and two android phone was recovered from them.”