Nigeria, Aug. 30 -- The police in Anambra State say they have arrested a 23-year-old woman who allegedly staged her own kidnap with her boyfriend and then extorted N3 million from her family.

The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, identified the woman as Nmesoma Josephine Nwoye and her boyfriend, Chibuike Ogbu.

The spokesperson said the two suspects have been arrested by police operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu.

He said the arrest of the suspects followed intelligence-led operations, which helped to uncover how the woman conspired with the boyfriend to stage her kidnapping.

The development occurred about a month...