Police operatives have arrested one of the suspected members of the kidnap gang that abducted Toyin, wife of the Deputy Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of The Sun Newspapers, Mr. Steve Nwosu, at his Okota residence in Lagos.
Sylvester, who spoke
with Daily Sun said: “Actually, I made a serious mistake by indulging in a
stupid behaviour. I am a lover of The Sun Newspapers because I like the style
of the paper. One of the writers that I admire is Steve Nwosu. When I looked at
Nwosu’s column and I did not see his write up, so, I asked why he did not
write and someone told me that his wife, Toyin, was kidnapped.
“I now said wow, it
would be an opportunity to make money. I picked his number from his column. I
now called him and told him that he should send me N100,000 so that I could
link him to his wife. He agreed. I was thinking about it that the money was too
small to bear such a risk. I then changed my mind and told him to pay N2
million, pretending that I hid his wife in my custody. He seemed to have
agreed, but as he was negotiating on how to pay, the real kidnappers contacted
him. When I called him again, he said I should not call him again. He said I
should stop playing with him. I decided to keep my cool.
“I swear, I don’t know
the kidnappers. I was only cashing in on the situation to extort money from
Nwosu. If the police like, let them kill me, I don’t know the people that
kidnapped Toyin. I am begging the government to look into the issue. I swear to
God Almighty, I don’t know any thing about the abduction of Toyin.
“I was trailed through the phone number I used in communicating with Nwosu. I was picked in the school. I told you that I am an Economics Student of the Kogi State University. I am in 200 level. I am afraid that my arrest may affect my education.
The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni said the case was being investigated.
“I was trailed through the phone number I used in communicating with Nwosu. I was picked in the school. I told you that I am an Economics Student of the Kogi State University. I am in 200 level. I am afraid that my arrest may affect my education.
The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni said the case was being investigated.
-Sun News
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