A 24-year old woman, Osarobo Omoyemen, who announced her kidnap on Tiktok, has been arrested by operatives of the Edo State Police command.
Omoyemen announced on TikTok that she was kidnapped along Upper Sakponba Road in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area and was rescued by the Police.
She claimed she was detained at Akpata Police Station and that the police collected N10,000 before she was released.
But spokesman for the Edo Police Command, Moses Yamu, said investigation showed Omoyemen fabricated the kidnapping story to boost her online following.
Yamu said Omoyemen has been charged to court for spreading false information.
According to him, “During interrogation, Omoyemen confessed that she staged the incident solely to generate online content and attract followers to her TikTok page.
“It was also discovered that she deleted an earlier video in which an accomplice in the background was appealing to viewers to follow her page, clearly exposing the motive behind the false alarm.
“The content was not only misleading but capable of inciting hostility against the Police and triggering unnecessary tension within the state.
“Efforts are ongoing to arrest her accomplices to ensure they face the full weight of the law. This action is intended to serve as a deterrent to others who may attempt to misuse social media to create panic or disrupt public peace.”
