A woman in Akwa Ibom State, Mrs Joy Sunday, has confessed to the police that she was the one who organised the kidnapping of her husband.
The state Commissioner of Police Olatoye Durosinmi who disclosed this, added that the woman accused her husband of starving her of sex, so arranged for his kidnapping.
He said she was nabbed by the police for conspiracy and kidnap of her husband in Akwa Ibom State, adding that she partook in the act because her husband starved her of sex and money for too long.
He said her gang demanded N10m ransom but slashed it to N2m and was paid before the police arrested them while sharing the loot.
Joy who was among 29 others paraded for various offences including kidnapping, robbery and child theft by CP Durosinmi, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, who said she had been subjected to menial jobs to fend for herself and the children since her husband got married to another woman.
According to the 39-year-old woman, when one of her children completed secondary school there was no money for him to further his studies.
She said, “I arranged my husband’s kidnapping because for a long time he abandoned me with his children. Even when my father and mother in-law were alive he abandoned me. He never cared for his children. I did n menial jobs such as weeding people’s farms to feed my children and pay their school fees.
“One of the children completed secondary school and I approached my husband to plan how to send him to learn a trade since he refused to send him to university but his husband shunned me. The major reason I arranged his kidnap is that because he refused to have sex with me and does not take care of me and the children.”
She added that she never collected her share of the money before they were arrested by the police.
