Housewife Arraigned For Staging Own Kidnap & Demanding N2.5m Ransom From Husband 

KINGSLEY EBERE 

A 26-year old housewife, Misturah Bada, has been arrested in Lagos State and charged alongside her accomplice, Adedamola Daniel, 30, for allegedly staging own kidnap and collecting the sum of N2.5m from her husband, Ridwan Bada. 

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened on 24th November, 2025, around 12:30 pm, at Jokeayo Junction, Alagbado, Lagos.

They reportedly used a phone number (09134148144) to demand N2.5 million ransom from Misturah’s husband, Ridwan Bada, via WhatsApp.

The plot thickened before the Police investigated and discovered that Adedamola allegedly provided the MTN sim card used for the scam. Thus, the Police operatives from the Tactical team led by SP Banti Adamu tracked and arrested the suspects and detained them for interrogation over their alleged conduct.

During the investigation, Police tracked the phone number 09134148144 used for the ransom demand. Adedamola Daniel was arrested with the MTN sim card and Misturah’s bank account Opay 9048692310 received the ransom. WhatsApp chats between Misturah and Ridwan Bada were key evidence.

The Police found them culpable for conspiring to commit kidnapping, masterminding a fake kidnapping for ransom and assisting in the crime under the Criminal Law of the State.

They were consequently charged before the Ogba Magistrate Court for the alleged offence which attracts several years of imprisonment.

The charges read:

“That you Misturah Bada ‘f, Adedamola Daniel ‘m’ and others at large, on the 24th day of November, 2024 at about 1230hrs, at Jokeayo Junction, Alagbado area of Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire amongst yourselves to commit felony to wit: Kidnapping and thereby committed an offence Punishable under Section 3 of the Kidnapping Prohibition Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2017.”

COUNT II:”That you, Misturah Bada ‘f’ and others now at large, on the same date, time and place, in the aforesaid Magisterial District, did unlawfully and falsely mastermind your kidnap by using the phone number 09134148144 to chat your husband, one Ridwan Bada m’ via whatsapp, demanded and collected a ransom of Two million, five hundred thousand Naira (N2,500,000.00) from him through your Bank account No. 9048692310 Misturah Bada Opay, before you released yourself and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 2(1)(2)(3) of the Kidnapping Prohibition Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2017.”

COUNT III:”That you, Adedamola Daniel ‘m’ and others now at large, on the same date, time and place, in the aforesaid Magisterial District, did unlawfully assist one Misturah Bada ‘f’ with an MTN sim card No. 09134148144 that she used in demanding for ransom from her husband via Whatsapp messages and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 388, 389 and 390 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”

The defendants were remanded in custody at the correctional center at Kirikiri town, Lagos, for the alleged offence pending when they will perfect their bail conditions.