PRESEC Legon Students Arrested For Allegedly Staging Kidnapping, Demanding GH¢340k Ransom

• Four Presbyterian Boys Senior High School students have been arrested over a staged kidnapping
• The four students were arrested alongside two adults, according to a statement from the police
• They demanded GH¢340,000 as ransom from the alleged victim’s parents and succeeded in getting GH¢20,000

Police have arrested four students of Presbyterian Boys Senior High School (PRESEC), Legon, for staging a kidnapping.

Two adults were also arrested alongside the students, by the name Isaac Kissi Adjei alias Kofi Black and Courage Teiko.

The police, in a statement, said preliminary investigations revealed that one of the juveniles, in an attempt to extort money from his parents to enable him to travel abroad, conspired with the others to stage the kidnapping incident.

In the process, they demanded GH¢340,000 as ransom from the alleged victim’s parents and succeeded in getting GH¢20,000.

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Past incidents of staged kidnappings

There have been a number of fake kidnapping incidents in the past over the last few years.

In 2021, three people who faked a kidnapping incident in Takoradi were arrested.

The adopted father of the supposed victim reported that his child had been kidnapped, with the kidnappers demanding ransom.

The victim and accomplices reported to the police station the following day that they were joking.

Also, in the Western Region in 2021, a woman was caught up in a fake kidnapping and pregnancy scandal and arrested.

The woman, Josephine Panyin Mensah, was slapped with two charges, including deceiving a public officer and publication of false news with intent to cause fear and panic.

Church of Pentecost elder kidnapped and released

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YEN.com.gh reported in a separate story that Elder Emmanuel Cudjoe, the National Deacon of the Church of Pentecost in South Africa who was kidnapped in October during a church service, was released and returned home alive.

This incident occurred after armed robbers disrupted a church service at the Johannesburg branch of the Church of Pentecost, robbing congregants at gunpoint and kidnapping the Church's deacon.

The news was announced through a WhatsApp conversation, with the National Head Pastor expressing gratitude for his miraculous return.

Source: YEN.com.gh