Police in Ekiti state, South West Nigeria, have arrested one Helen Kayode, a graduating Student of Ekiti State University (EKSU), who allegedly raised a false alarm that she had been kidnapped along Iworoko/Ado-Ekiti road.
The Command Spokesperson, SP Sunday Abutu, disclosed this, on Wednesday, in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
Abutu said Kayode stated that she was kept and held hostage in an uncompleted building surrounded by bushes.
He said the information activated serious panic in the state, especially within Iworoko-Ekiti and Ado-Ekiti metropolis.
According to Abutu, the information went viral on the social media, causing some reactions that undermined the security and peaceful atmosphere currently being enjoyed in the state.
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He said investigations revealed that she was not kidnapped but an alleged false information to cover her stay with her boyfriend all through the night of that same day before travelling to Lagos to meet her parents.
He said the suspect had confessed during investigation that she sent out the false information to enable her stay back in Ado-Ekiti to celebrate her birthday with her boyfriend, who had promised her a ‘surprise package’.
Abutu said the student stated that her parents had told her to return to Lagos against her wish due to the birthday party.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Eribo, condemned the act.
He warned against giving false information, especially those that could cause unnecessary apprehension in the society.
Eribo said that those found wanting would be made to face the wrath of the law.
He stated that the suspect would be charged to court after further investigations.
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