A 24-year old man has been arrested by Edo state police Command for kidnapping his girlfriend.
The man , Micheal Duda, was arrested for kidnapping his teenage girlfriend, Victory Aseguah, with the intention of raising money for their wedding.
The Edo state police Command on Thursday paraded Micheal alongside 104 suspects arrested for various crime ranging from armed robbery, cultism, kidnapping and rape. Among the 104 suspects were three men who allegedly killed a Uniben professor, Paul Otasowie.
Micheal Duda, and his girlfriend gave a different version of the story while speaking to newsmen.
Micheal said he planned the kidnapp with his girlfriend in other to raise money for their wedding.
"I live at Ekae community off Sapele road. She came to my house. We planned to collect money from her father to raise money for our marriage but I did not collect the money again. She stayed in my house for four days.
"I couldn’t tell the father I want to marry his daughter. She said her father would not support the idea because she was yet to go to the university. She was with me for four days. The man said he has no money to pay. I was at home with the girl when police came and arrested me."
Victory said she met him on facebook and decided to visit him which resulted to kidnapp.
Victory's elder sister, Rhoda said her sister was sexually abused before the police came to her rescue.
"My sister is 16 years old and has never slept outside before. She told me they met on facebook and the boy professed love to her. When she went to the house, she said the boy hatched the plan and said he would collect N10,000 from our father but the boy demanded for N4m.
"He will lock her inside the house and called us threatening that he will kill her if we did not pay. He took advantage of my sister's condition.
"She told me the boy is 21 and a student but she later saw that it was a lie. We took her for treatment after the rescue."
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