A Nigerian student from Edo State jumped from a window of a 15-storey building trying to escape police in Maylasia.
According to the Malaysian Star, an online news portal, student simply identified as Osazuwe was staying with friends when police stormed the place and in a bid to escape, he decided to jump from the window instead of being caught and probably sent to jail.
Reportedly, the incident happened when another Nigerian student had lodged a police report in Puchong on Sunday, October 12th, claiming his girlfriend had been kidnapped by Osazuwa and his gang.
Criminal investigator Datuk Mohd Adnan Abdullah told local media: “The boyfriend said he received a call from a suspect who demanded RM40,000 (N2 million) for the release of his girlfriend, also a Nigerian student here.
“We suspected the kidnappers were people that the victim must have known. Police immediately tracked the victim and her kidnappers’ whereabouts.”
Malaysia police said the victim’s boyfriend cooperated with the police in their investigations and he managed to coax the suspects into giving him more time and told them he was gathering the funds.
Investigator Mohd Adnan said when police ambushed the unit located at the condominium’s 13th floor, there were three Nigerian men and two local women.
The police managed to find the victim’s location on Monday. She was being held in a condominium unit in Taman Melati, Ampang.
“We formed a team to raid the condominium unit and moved in on the suspects at about 5 pm. Upon seeing the police, the suspects attempted to escape. The raiding team arrested two women and two men.
“The gang thought they could get money quickly by carrying out this crime, but look what had happened — it has just gone awfully wrong.
“The suspect who died was in his 20s and we are still trying to establish his full identity,” the police sai