The suspect
It has been reported that a lady who attempted to kidnap her friend’s
mother has been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police command.
The woman identified as Paulina Santos who was paraded before newsmen on
Wednesday February 19, was accused of planning the kidnap of the mother
of her friend whose husband works with the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, (NNPC).
The State’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bola Longe revealed that the
lady who is a casual staff in a primary healthcare facility, lives in
Azuba Bashayi of Lafia North local government area. He said she
contacted someone to help her organize a criminal gang to execute the
task, with a plan of extracting a large sum from the kidnap.
Longe said; “On February 11, at about 2030hrs, based on credible
intelligence, police operatives attached to the Command’s
Anti-Kidnapping section busted and subsequently arrested one Paulina
Santos ‘f’ who had conceived a disingenuous plan to kidnap the mother
of her bosom friend.”
He further disclosed that the suspect has confessed to the crime and
will be charged to court after investigation has been concluded.