According to the Ogun State Police Command, Olumide Openaike, a staff member of Kemta Oloko Microfinance Bank who was reported missing and later discovered in Mokwa, Niger State, staged his kidnapping over a N1.7 million debt.
Temitope, the banker’s wife, informed journalists that her husband, Olumide, went missing while on his way to work on January 17. However, on Thursday, she stated that her spouse had been found.
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“I am happy to tell you that my husband has been found in a place called Mokwa in Niger State. He called me on Tuesday afternoon. He got the phone from one of the residents there because he said those who abducted him collected his phone. We then told him to make a report at the police station there, the police officer on duty who spoke to us said he was in Mokwa. Transportation money was then arranged and sent to him, he got to Ibadan yesterday, Wednesday where he slept, and his family members are at Ibadan. He will be back to Abeokuta today”.
The police have, however, described the reported abduction of the banker as fake. In an interview with Punch, the spokesperson of the Ogun state police command, SP Omolola Odutola said; “Yes, the police have found out that the banker, Olumide Openaike, faked his abduction over N1.7m debt. The money belongs to the bank where he works. What happened was that a customer was remitting the money to the bank but Openaike was diverting it to personal use. He said he then got depressed and decided to fake his abduction. He is already detained by the police.”
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