Police is Kisoro district is holding a man identified as Emmanuel Nkurunziza for allegedly faking his own kidnap.
It is said that Nkurunziza faked a kidnap to extort money from his parents, who had earlier got it as a bride price after giving away their daughter.
According to the Kisoro District Police Commander, Hassan Ssekalema, said Nkurunziza’s family members told the suspected kidnappers that they did not have the sum of money till when the ransom was first reduced to Shs1 million, and then 500.000 which was still not offered till when police trapped the ‘kidnappers’.
Nkurunziza went missing on April 24, and hours later, someone using his (Nkurunziza) mobile phone called the suspected victim’s parents demanding a Shs5 million ransom or harm him.
