An Abeokuta Magistrates Court detained Rahmat Abdulateef, 32, accused of orchestrating her own kidnapping to extort money from her husband, on Friday.
The defendant, who did not enter a plea, faced a charge of self-kidnapping during the arraignment. Police counsel Insp Adekunle Opayemi informed the court that the incident occurred on June 20 around 2:42 pm at Elite Road in Abeokuta.
According to Opayemi, the defendant plotted her own abduction to demand money from her husband, Ogunbummi Lateef.
The counsel noted that the offense contravened section 27 of the Ogun State Prohibition of forcible occupation of landed properties, armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism, and other anti-violence and related offenses laws in 2016.
Magistrate O.O. Odumosun ordered the defendant’s detention in prison for 60 days pending legal advice from the Department of Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
The case was adjourned until September 19 for further mention by the magistrate.