[Mhiz Rebecca]

A 16-year-old girl identified Victory as
(surname​ withheld), was kidnapped by a man
she meet on Facebook in Edo state.
Michael Duda, 24-year-old suspect, was
arrested on Thursday in Benin, by the Edo
State Command alongside 104 suspects
arrested for various crimes, ranging from
kidnapping, rape, armed robbery and cultism
at the headquarters of the Edo Police
Command.
Michael said he got to know Victory whom
he met on Facebook, after she accepted​ his
friend’s request.
Michael said as their friendship grew
stronger, he decided to invite her to his
house which she accepted.
He however denied that he abducted her
against her wish, adding that both of them
planned her kidnap to raise money for their
wedding.
Victoy also admitted she became friends with
Michael through Facebook, said he invited
her to come to his house, which she agreed.
She said getting there, Michael abducted her
and kept her for four days, raped her and
also demanded for N4 million for her release.
“On Thursday, at Ebike village, Ogheghe,
bypass, Benin City, Michael, deceived me by
inviting me to his house and when I got
there, he told me we should plan kidnapping
so that I should stay in his house.
“I met Michael on Facebook last month
through a friend request he sent me which I
accepted.
“I spent four days in his house. He made a
call to my father and asked him to pay the
sum of N4 million into his own account. He
forced me into sleeping with him,” she
narrated.
Michael, who is an OND graduate of Business
Administration from the Federal Polytechnic
Auchi, however denied demanding for N4
million ransom, saying that he demanded for
“just N2 million.”
“I live at Ekae community, off Sapele road.
She came to my house. We planned to
collect money from her father to raise money
for our marriage but I did not collect the
money again. She stayed in my house for
four days.
“I couldn’t tell the father I want to marry his
daughter. She said her father would not
support the idea because she was yet to go
to the university. She was with me for four
days. The man said he has no money to pay.
I was at home with the girl when police came
and arrested me.”
Victory's elder sister who gave her as Rodha,
said her sister has already been sexually
abused before the police could rescue her.
“My sister is 16 years old and has never slept
outside before. She told me they met on
Facebook and the boy professed love for
her," Rodha said on alleged plans by the two
lovebirds to get married.
"When she went to the house, she said the
boy hatched the plan and said he would
collect N10,000 from our father but the boy
demanded for N4 million.
“He will lock her inside the house and called
us, threatening that he will kill her if we did
not pay. He took advantage of my sister’s
condition.
“She told me the boy is 21 and a student, but
she later saw that it was a lie. We took her
for treatment after the rescue.”
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