I kidnapped people to pay for my brideprice, kidnapper confesses

A man, Uzordima Chukwudi, 29 has said he took to kidnapping just to pay the bride price for his girlfriend before he was nabbed by cops.

 He was arrested alongside some other members of the group in connection with the kidnap of a woman in Imo State, Nigeria.

In his confession to journalists during the week, Chukwudi said he was once studying Mechanical Engineering at Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo State before he dropped out in his final year.

He explained that the pressure to raise the bride price of his pregnant girlfriend lured him into the crime.
 He said:

 “My girlfriend is pregnant and I have been under pressure to pay her bride price but I had no money. She told me that since she became pregnant her mother had been ostracised by her fellow women in their village. The pressure was too much that I needed to look for money by all means.”

He is yet to be charged to court.