The Akwa Ibom State police command has arrested Mrs. Joy Sunday who allegedly connived with some men to abduct her husband, Mr. Emmanuel Usenekong.
According to the police, the woman confessed after arrest that she organised the abduction because her husband failed to give her money regularly and consummate the marriage sufficiently,
The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, Mr. Olatoye Durosinmi, disclosed this in Uyo, yesterday while briefing reporters on the successes recorded by the police in the state.
The commissioner said Usenekong, was abducted on 21 July at his residence in Ntak Obio Akpa in Oruk Anam local government area the state, by six armed young men.
He said kidnappers used a mini-bus to ferry the victim an unknown destination where they stayed to negotiate with the family and got a N2 million ransom delivered to them by the victim’s wife, Joy.
The police, according to him, had on July 24, arrested one of the kidnappers who, during interrogation, fingered Joy as mastermind of the abduction.
“They tied him (the victim) to a chair, blindfolded him and used his mobile phone to call his family members and demanded a ransom of N10 million, but settled for N2 million which was delivered to them by his wife,” the police commissioner, Mr. Durosinmi, said.
“He (the victim) further stated that as the suspects were busy sharing the ransom, he managed to lose himself and escaped,” Durosinmi said.
He said Usenekong, had wounds all over his body when he was found by some persons who assisted him to call in a police patrol team.
“The (police) team moved to the scene at Ikot Ebiyak village behind Health Tech, Etinan. On sighting the Police, suspects took to their heels but one Enomfon Etim Jacob ‘m’ was apprehended. With him was N519, 500 which was part of the ransom money and phones.
“The said suspect was transferred to the Anti-Kidnapping Squad for further investigation. During interrogation he confessed to the crime and indicted one Joy Enomfon Sunday ‘f’, wife of the victim who was sent to deliver the ransom.
“She was said to have masterminded the kidnap of her husband. After her arrest by the Police, she confessed to the said crime and said she masterminded the kidnap because her husband failed to give her money regularly and does not consummate the marriage sufficiently,” Durosinmi added.
However, the commissioner did not disclose the wife’s share in the loot.