Fake kidnapper arrested for claiming he abducted missing Ondo child

The Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has ordered the remand of a 39-year-old serial fraudster, Chibuzor Elike, to Olokuta Correctional Facility.

The accused was dragged before the court over his claim that the missing one-year-old boy, Gold Kolawole, who was kidnapped during a church service at the Sotitobire Miracle Centre on November 10, 2019, was in his custody.

Pastor of Sotitobire Miracle Centre and the baby, Gold Kolawole

Elike who was charged in three-count -charge of felony, threat and demanding with menace, was ordered to remain in prison custody till February 20, 2020.

He was arrested last week in Port- Harcourt, Rivers State, following a text message he sent to the wife of Sotitobire’s Founder, Bisola Alfa, demanding N800,000 ransom for the release of the missing boy.