According to a report from Vanguard News on June 29, 2024, a 32-year-old woman named Rahmat Abdulateef has been remanded by an Abeokuta Magistrates Court for allegedly orchestrating her own kidnapping in order to extort money from her husband.
During the court proceedings, the defendant did not enter a plea and was charged with self-kidnapping. The police counsel, Insp Adekunle Opayemi, informed the court that the offense took place on June 20 around 2:42 p.m. at Elite Road in Abeokuta.
The counsel explained that the defendant had arranged her own kidnapping as a means to extract money from her husband, identified as Mr. Ogunbummi Lateef. This action is in violation of section 27 of the Prohibition of forcible occupation of landed properties, armed robbery, kidnapping cultism, and other anti-violence and related offense laws of Ogun 2016.
In response to the case, Magistrate Mrs. O.O Odumosun ordered that the defendant be remanded in prison for a period of 60 days, pending legal advice from the Department of Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). The case has been adjourned until September 19 for mention.