A 31-year-old man, Chukwuemeka Destiny, has been arrested by the Delta State Police Command for allegedly orchestrating the kidnapping of his aunt, who had raised him since childhood. The suspect was paraded before the media on Saturday, April 25, where police spokesperson SP Bright Edafe detailed the case.
According to Edafe, the victim took Destiny into her home when he was just five years old and cared for him for ten years. Destiny recently returned to his aunt's residence with the specific intention of arranging her abduction. Edafe described this as a disturbing pattern of betrayal against those who extend help to others.
“All of a sudden something just came up to his mind that let me kidnap my auntie who trained me, who saw me through school, and that was what he did,” Edafe said. He revealed that Destiny made two separate payments to the would-be kidnappers: an initial deposit of N200,000, followed by a second payment of N700,000.
The plot unraveled when the men Destiny contacted turned out not to be actual kidnappers. Instead of carrying out the abduction, they used him as bait, lured him in, and handed him over to the police. “Unknown to him that the people he contacted were not kidnappers. They rather used him as bait, got him and handed him over to the police thereby saving the life of his auntie,” Bright stated.
During interrogation, Destiny admitted to the crime. “Sincerely speaking to you, I am guilty of what really happened. I don’t know what came over me. I can’t tell. It's the devil's work,” he said.
The aunt, who identified Destiny as the son of her elder sister, expressed shock upon learning of the plot. “I was shocked. Crying,” she said, struggling to hold back tears. Despite their blood relation, she called for the full weight of the law to be applied to the suspect.
Destiny is currently being held by the Raiders squad of the Delta State Police Command pending further investigation.
