Enugu state police through the Public Relations Officer, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, has disclosed the arrest of three secondary school students for faking their kidnap.

Amaraizu said that the students of the Enugu-based secondary school had demanded a ransom of N500, 000.

He said that the police through its Anti-Kidnapping Unit had begun investigation to reveal  circumstances surrounding the faking of the kidnap incident.

“It was gathered that on July 11, one Nebeife Nnamdi aged about 17 years, who is a Senior Secondary School – the student of an Enugu-based secondary school, had been allegedly abducted by gunmen which led to the demand of N500, 000 by his abductors.

“Following the development, the operatives of the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit swung into action.

“The Anti-Kidnapping Unit through intelligence information nabbed Ene Chigozie Steven, Okafor Okechukwu and Nebeife Nnamdi, who is said to have been kidnapped, on July 14 at about 2:30 p.m., at their hideout at Trans-Ekulu within Enugu metropolis.

The trio reveals that the kidnapping was planned as a means to extort money from the victim’s father. Adding that the suspects have been helping the police in their investigation.

(NAN)