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The victim has however turned into the suspect after the police established his account of kidnapping, a lie.
Owor Bonny Samuel, aged 25, the suspect, traveled from Tororo to Entebbe via Kampala on Sunday, 27.02.2022, using a taxi. However, he didn’t reach Entebbe which forced his parents to raise a complaint the next day, on Monday, 28.02.2022.
Following their complaint at Entebbe CPS, the parents started receiving calls from their son’s phone number.
Through this, the alleged kidnappers threatened to kill Samuel if the parents failed to pay the ransom they demanded. They also demanded the victim’s account number and the parents availed it.
Police then decided to spend hours and resources following up leads in efforts to find Samuel. As a result, police task teams traced and recovered the victim in his hiding spot in Ndejje. The investigation revealed no incident of kidnap.
Instead, Samuel had faked his own kidnapping with the purpose of financial gain. He also falsified the messages and phone calls to show that he is in actual danger.
“We do strongly condemn the act because it created panic and fear to his immediate family and relatives, which they should not have endured,” said CP Enanga Fred, Police Spokesperson.
He revealed that fake abductions and kidnaps are very common these days and that they are on the increase. He said in the last six months several people have done the same for personal gains, financial gains, for extortion, intense love for a partner.
Others have faked kidnaps of their young children to extort money from their respective husbands.
“We urge the public to desist from such acts of deceit, where kidnap is used as a tool of fraud,” Enanga noted.
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