By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin city
A 26-year-old boy, Michael Dodo was on Thursday paraded by the Edo State Police Command for abducting a girl, 16, (name withheld) whom he befriended through the social media.
Micheal an OND graduate of Business Administration from Federal Polytechnic Auchi said he got to know Victory through the social media. He said he sent her a friend request which she accepted and they became friend.
He said when their friendship grew stronger; he decided to invite her to his house which she accepted.
Denying the account that he abducted her against her will, he said that both of them planned her kidnap just to raise money.
The teenager, while admitting that they became friend through Facebook said Micheal invited her to come to his house which she obliged.
She said getting there; Michael abducted her and kept her for four days.
She accused Michael of raping her and demanding for N4 million for her release.
“On Thursday, at Ebike village, Ogheghe, bypass, Benin City, Michael, deceived me by inviting me to his house and when I got there, he told me we should plan kidnapping so that I should stay in his house.
I met Michael on Facebook last month through a friend request he sent me which I accepted.
“I have spent four days in his house. He made a call to my father and asked him to pay the sum of N4 million into his own account.
“He forced me into sleeping with him”, she said.
The Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo called on the members of the public to furnish the police with useful information that could lead to the arrest of all criminal elements in the state.
He said the command is ever ready to partner relevant bodies in the state to get rid of crimes and criminality in the state.
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