“I Was Nearly Despatched To Jail”- Businesswoman Shares Ordeal After Being Linked To ₦50m Kidnapping Case

• A Nigerian businesswoman shared her alarming expertise of practically being imprisoned resulting from a kidnapping case.
• The incident concerned a ₦50 million ransom linked to her.
• The state of affairs started when a supposed buyer contacted her to purchase nightwear.

A Nigerian businesswoman has narrated a daunting expertise of how she was practically imprisoned after being linked to a kidnapping case involving a ₦50 million ransom.

In an interview with BBC Yoruba that has been circulating on X (previously Twitter), she defined that the state of affairs started when a supposed buyer contacted her to buy nightwear, however issues took an surprising flip throughout supply.

“It occurred that on October 16, 2025, a quantity texted my enterprise line asking for nightwear. She picked two and mentioned she was utilizing her husband’s cellphone as a result of hers was defective. Later, they mentioned they might come decide it up, so I gave them my property junction location,” she mentioned.

In line with her, when she met with the supposed buyer, two people approached her, recognized themselves as cops, and instantly arrested her over a SIM card allegedly linked to a severe crime.

Regardless of her clarification that the SIM card was newly bought and used just for her enterprise MiFi, the officers insisted she was underneath investigation in reference to a kidnapping and homicide case that occurred earlier than she even purchased the road.

“They claimed the road was used for kidnapping, ₦50m ransom was collected, and the sufferer was nonetheless killed. I instructed them I purchased the SIM in April 2025, whereas the incident occurred in January 2024.

Even after confirming it on the community workplace, they nonetheless didn’t imagine me. They harassed me and virtually despatched me to jail for what I do know nothing about,” she concluded.

The incident has since sparked widespread reactions on-line, with many Nigerians expressing shock and concern.

Some have warned in opposition to the dangers of shopping for pre-registered SIM playing cards, whereas others identified how simply harmless people can get entangled in severe felony investigations.