Osarobo Omoyemen, a 24-year-old lady who reported her kidnapping on Tiktok, has been taken into custody by Edo State Police command personnel.  

Omoyemen posted on TikTok that the police had saved her after she was abducted along Upper Sakponba Road in the Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area.  She said that after being held at the Akpata Police Station, the police demanded N10,000 before releasing her.  

However, an investigation revealed that Omoyemen made up the kidnapping narrative to increase her online following, according to Moses Yamu, a spokesman for the Edo Police Command.  According to Yamu, Omoyemen has been accused with disseminating false information.

According to him, “During interrogation, Omoyemen confessed that she staged the incident solely to generate online content and attract followers to her TikTok page.

“It was also discovered that she deleted an earlier video in which an accomplice in the background was appealing to viewers to follow her page, clearly exposing the motive behind the false alarm.

“The content was not only misleading but capable of inciting hostility against the Police and triggering unnecessary tension within the state.

“Efforts are ongoing to arrest her accomplices to ensure they face the full weight of the law. This action is intended to serve as a deterrent to others who may attempt to misuse social media to create panic or disrupt public peace.”

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