Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a housewife, Misturah Bada and an accomplice over a staged kidnap and extortion of a N2,500,000 ransom payment from the husband residing in South Africa.
In a statement issued Saturday by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, the police revealed they had received a distress call from an unsuspecting husband reporting that his wife had been kidnapped and was still being held despite a ransom payment.
The statement reads, “Operatives of the Command Special Squad have arrested a housewife, Mrs Misturah Bada ‘f’, aged 26 years, alongside her cohort, Adedamola Daniel ‘m’, aged 30 years, for false kidnapping, conspiracy, and extortion.
“On 24 November 2025 at about 2200 hours, the Command received a distress call from the husband, through one of the emergency numbers, reporting that his wife, Mrs Misturah Bada, had allegedly been kidnapped by armed men who demanded a ransom of ₦10 million, later reduced to ₦3 million.
According to the statement, upon receipt of the complaint, human and technical assets of the Command Special Squad were immediately deployed to track the alleged kidnappers.
The statement added, “The alleged victim, Mrs Misturah Bada, was released and reunited with her family. After which she was invited and debriefed, during which she claimed that she was kidnapped by six armed men driving a silver Toyota Venza, taken to their stronghold, and dispossessed of her iPhone 12 Pro Max. She further stated that the ransom of ₦2.5 million was first paid into her bank account before being handed over to the kidnappers.
“Further investigation, however, uncovered inconsistencies in her claims. On 3 December 2025, operatives arrested Adedamola Daniel in the Ede area of Osun State. A SIM card used to register the WhatsApp account through which ransom negotiations were conducted was recovered from him.”
“During interrogation, he confessed that the suspect Misturah Bada had requested the use of his SIM card to open the WhatsApp account used for the ransom negotiations and that he provided the OTP sent to his line, which enabled her to operate the account successfully.”
