Police arrest four over kidnap of Swiss national
The Nigeria Police Force said they have arrested four suspects over alleged armed robbery, conspiracy and abduction of a Swiss national.
However, on arrival in Nigeria on May 30, the suspects picked up the victim from the airport and conveyed him to a serviced apartment where they lodged and began to extort him. “The suspects took pictures of the victim and forwarded them to the girlfriend in Zurich with threatening messages before she eventually sent the sum of US$2,000 to the suspects via Western Union on June I.
He added that two suspects were also arrested over alleged criminal conspiracy and possession of illicit drugs in the federal capital territory , Abuja.
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