Kogi State University Undergraduate Kidnapped by Facebook Friends Rescuedby the Police

Seven months after the entire nation was put in shock by the killing
of Cynthia Osokogu, a post graduate student of Nasarawa State
University who was killed by friends she met on social media,
Facebook, an undergraduate student of Kogi State University,Oludoyi
Bamidele Samuel, was abducted by a kidnap syndicate, facilitated by a
friend he also met on Facebook.
However, Samuel was lucky to be alive after been rescued from the
kidnappers' den by the police and to tell his story of how a friend he
met on Facebook lured him from Enugu to Deltastate.
The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Ikechukwu Aduba told Vanguard
that Samuel left Enugu for Warri, Delta state for a birthday party
upon the invitation of his Facebook friend.

" He was invited by a friend, identified as Michael, who he met on
Facebook for a birthday party in Warri. They have not met face to face
before this incident, but have been chatting on the internet. He must
have found out his background through his interaction with him on the
social media.
" So, they plotted how to abduct him and make money. Samuel, the only
son of his parents, who his kidnappers believe are well to do, left
his parents in Enugu without telling them where he was going to and
entered a vehicle to Warri. He(Samuel) was discussing with Michael on
phone and called him on when he got toWarri, but his so-called friend
had ulterior motive. He had arranged with others to kidnap him and
Samuel was whisked to a house at Uzor Street, Agbarho, where he was
held hostage for three days."
He added that the kidnappers held him hostage for three days before
Police officers from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, stormed
their hideout and seized three of the suspects. They demanded N5
million ransom from Samuel's mother to effect his release and were
relocating him to another location when the police caught them.
The Commissioner who warned young people to desist from trusting
people they meet on Social Media added:
"I do not understand this; I am warning young men and women to stop
this behavior. How can you leave your home to go a birthday party by
somebody you do not know, all because both of you met on Facebook?
This is ridiculous.People should help the police by being security
conscious. Can you imagine, he left Enugu without telling his parents
and the suspected kidnappers were using his phone to call his parents,
asking for ransom," he said