In a desperate move to get money from his two wealthy
younger brothers, Mr. Samuel Ani, a casket seller in Enugu state, allegedly hid
himself in the bush behind his shop for six days and alerted his brothers that
he was in the den of kidnappers.
He pleaded with his brother to pay the ransom of two million
naira to his “kidnappers” or he will be killed. Mr. Ani who was arrested by the
Enugu State Police Commanded at the weekend noted that he was forced to carry
out the action in order for his brothers to come to his aid.
According to the State Police Public Relations Officer,
Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the arrest, said that, “Samuel Ani hid himself in
a bush behind his shop for six days from where he was making phone calls to his
two younger brothers in a very convincing tone that he had been abducted and
that N2 million was required to get him out of the kidnappers’ den or else he
would be killed. The case was reported to the state police command who mobilized
its anti-kidnapping unit to rescue the victim. When Samuel intensified his call
that the purported kidnappers were on the verge of killing him if his people
could not bring the ransom, some money was then deposited into the account
number provided by the purported kidnappers and a certain girl who went to cash
the initial N100, 000 sent through one of the new generation banks around
Agbani Road on August 29, 2013 was arrested by the operatives”.
The girl, Oluchi Faith Ogbu, a fiancée to Samuel Ani upon
interrogation confessed that it was Ani that instructed her to get the money
and also led to the arrest of Ani.
Ani, a father of five children had promised to marry Oluchi.
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