She said that she involved herself in the act because over time her husband had starved her of sex and money.
When the woman’s husband was abducted, the kidnappers demanded N10m as ransom but later reduced it to N2m. After agreeing on N2m, the ransom was paid but the Police operatives arrested them at the point of sharing the money.
The suspect, Mrs. Joy Sunday, who was among 29 others paraded for various offences including kidnapping, robbery and child theft by the State Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi, said she had resorted to doing all sorts of menial jobs to fend for herself and the children since her husband got married to another woman.
She stated that when one of her children finished Secondary School, there was no money to send him for further studies.
“I arranged for my husband’s kidnap because for a long time, he had abandoned me with his children. Even when my father and mother in-laws were alive, he abandoned me. He never cared for his children. I engaged in menial jobs such as weeding on people’s farms to feed my children and pay their school fees. “
“When one of the children finished Secondary School, I approached my husband to plan how to send the son to learn a trade since the father refused to send him to university but my husband shunned me. The major reason I arranged for his kidnap was that my husband refused to have sex with me and does not take care of me and the children” she said.
She disclosed that she has not collected her share of the money before they were arrested by the Police