Nigeria: Ekiti Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Girl for Staging Fake Abduction

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Nigeria: Ekiti Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Girl for Staging Fake Abduction

[This Day] Ado Ekiti -- The Ekiti State Police Command yesterday said it had arrested a 16-year old girl, Suluka Abimbola, her boyfriend, Oluwaseun Olajide and two others for alleged fake abduction and conspiracy to obtain money under false pretence.

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