The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command has denied reports of kidnapping in the River Park estate, Lugbe neighbourhood of the nation’s capital.
Reports of abduction in the estate along Airport Road circulated on Thursday, causing panic among residents.
In a statement, Josephine Adeh, spokesperson for the FCT police command, said the alleged abduction was staged by a man to defraud his brother.
The statement reads:
“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 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.”
According to Adeh, the suspect has been arrested and is currently being interrogated by police.
The police spokesperson stated that further developments would be communicated to the public.