A suspected attempted murder and fake kidnapping incident has sent shockwaves through Delta State after a female student of the Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, was brutally attacked by a male acquaintance in the school auditorium.
In an interview with Sahara TV, the Police Public Relations Officer of Delta State, SP Edafe Bright, revealed the shocking details of the incident. According to him, the suspect had invited the victim to the auditorium under false pretenses. Upon arrival, he attacked her viciously.
“This girl, on that fateful day, went to see him at that auditorium. Whatever conversation they had, the suspect stabbed this girl twice on her neck and stabbed her also in the chest region,” SP Edafe narrated.
After stabbing her and assuming she was dead, the suspect took the victim’s phone and called her father, claiming she had been kidnapped. He demanded a ransom of two million naira for her release.
“He took the girl’s phone and called her father that the girl has been kidnapped and a ransom of N2 million should be sent for the girl to regain her freedom,” Edafe said.
However, the suspect’s plan unraveled when the victim, though unconscious and severely wounded, managed to whisper the name of the person she had gone to meet.
“Unfortunately for him, he never knew the poor girl did not die. While she was still unconscious, she was able to mention the name of the friend whom she went to see that attempted to murder her,” Edafe explained.
