A kidnap victim, Maris Ibe, has successfully outwitted her captors and walked them into a police net in the Asaba area of Delta State.
The woman, after she was abducted, pretended to understand and support her captors’ reasons for taking to the crime.
Although the kidnappers, Sunday Chukwu and Chidokwe Efide, asked for N500,000, Ibe convinced her husband to give them N1 million.
After falling for her tricks, hook, line and sinker, the kidnappers escorted her to where she boarded a bus back home.
Less than 45 hours after her release, police grabbed Chukwu and Efide.
According to the police, Chukwu and Efide would be charged for kidnapping Ibe, a businesswoman.
She was abducted on January 14, 2021 along Ibori Golf Club in Asaba.
The suspects were arrested by operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team, headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari.
The Police explained: “The victim tricked the kidnappers while she was still in their captivity and eventually gained their trust.
“Since they trusted her, they divulged vital information to her about their activities.
“She would later hand it over to the police after she was released.
“She asked her husband to increase the ransom money from the initial demand of N500,000 to N1 million.
“The kidnappers got comfortable with her and stopped beating her.
“They also stopped blindfolding her.
“After the ransom was paid, they escorted her to the bus stop, where she boarded a bus home.”
It was further gathered that the kidnappers never bargained that Ibe would snitch on them, since she had shown them kindness and understanding
