Kayode had sent a distress message to her sister on May 1, claiming she boarded the wrong bus and was kidnapped.
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested Helen Kayode, a graduating student of Ekiti State University (EKSU), for allegedly staging her own abduction to spend her birthday with her boyfriend.
Kayode had sent a distress message to her sister on May 1, claiming she boarded the wrong bus and was kidnapped. “Kayode stated that she was kept and held hostage in an uncompleted building surrounded by bushes,” police spokesperson SP Sunday Abutu said on Wednesday.
The hoax caused fear across Iworoko-Ekiti and Ado-Ekiti and disrupted public peace. Investigations later revealed she was not kidnapped but stayed overnight with her boyfriend before heading to Lagos.
“She confessed… she sent out the false information to enable her to stay back in Ado-Ekiti to celebrate her birthday with her boyfriend,” Abutu said.
Police Commissioner Joseph Eribo condemned the act and warned against spreading false information. He confirmed that Kayode would be charged to court after investigations are concluded.
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