Missing Ogun pregnant woman discovered in Kwara after feigning abduction

Rahemat Lateef, a pregnant mother, claimed to have been kidnapped by some unknown gunmen while traveling to the state hospital in Ijaiye, Abeokuta, for child delivery. However, the Ogun State Police Command declared on Monday that this was a case of false kidnapping.

SP Omolola Odutola, the state police command’s spokesman, revealed this on her X handle on Monday.

According to Odutola, the woman chose to stage her kidnapping after learning that she had experienced another miscarriage in order to save her husband’s fury, who was understandably expecting her to go to bed.

It was said that Mrs. Lateef fled to Kwara State and returned to Abeokuta with her father.

PUNCH Metro discovered that the housewife concocted the kidnapping tale as a means of escaping after learning that she had been frustrated by her frequent miscarriages.

Odutola while giving updates on the incident said, “Rahemat Lateef who the husband reported abducted, was never abducted, but planned her journey to Kwara State, to escape the wrath of her husband, because she has remained unlucky due to miscarriages.

“She planned the stories, she travelled to Kwara State herself, she was far from kidnap. She had a miscarriage, was frustrated due to repeated recurrences, and feared her husband’s reactions, so she orchestrated the script. The anti-kidnapping team started tracking her, till she showed up.

“She is under medical attention, safe,” she added.

Ogunbunmi Lateef, Rahemat’s spouse, stated on Thursday of last week that he learned of his wife’s kidnapping by some abductors through a WhatsApp message.

Odutola while confirming the report on her X handle had said, “One Ogunbunmi Lateef of Oke Lantoro reported that his pregnant wife due for delivery left home for the State Hospital, Ijaiye, Abeokuta.

“He received a WhatsApp message confirming the abduction of his wife by unknown armed men.”