There is a popular saying that there is nothing hidden under the sun, and so has blown open, the secrets of dispatch rider who faked his own kidnap after gambling away N1.3m
The money he gambled with belonged to his company.
The Edo State Police Command which investigated the matter, reports that the man, a dispatch officer with Dibecs Industry Limited, Okpella , had on January 25 and 26 lost a total sum of ₦1,308,000 belonging to his company and a customer through online gambling on a visual sporty betting platform,”
He thereafter allegedly faked his abduction to conceal the loss of the money.
The incident was brought to attention by a report made on January 30, 2026, by one Moses Ekes, an employee of Dibecs Industry Limited at Okpella Police Division that his nephew, David Ekes, 21, had been missing since January 27.
Ekes, the dispatch officer reportedly left his residence on an unregistered motorcycle from Factory 2 to Factory 3 on the Auchi–Okene Expressway, Okpella, contrary to company policy, only for the motorcycle to later be found abandoned on the road.
According to the Edo Police Command’s spokesperson, ASP Eno Ikodedem:
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“Police operatives visited the scene, carried out a thorough search of the surrounding bush, documented findings, and commenced investigation immediately”.
Information came on January 31, that the missing dispatch officer had returned on his own in a weak condition and was taken to a hospital in Okpella, where police officers monitored his treatment.
“Discrete investigation, however, revealed that the suspect had between January 25 and 26 lost a total sum of ₦1,308,000 belonging to his company and a customer through online gambling on a visual sporty betting platform.
“The suspect has since confessed to the crime and will be arraigned in court,” Ikodedem stated, with the Edo State Commissioner of Police CP Monday Agbonika, warning the public against false distress reports and acts of criminal deception.
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