She said she took to the crime because she has "carefully observed that kidnapping seems to be lucrative".
Aisha Usman, aged 21, has been nabbed by the Police for staging her abduction, SaharaReporters can report.
Usman confessed to her crime while fielding questions from SaharaReporters in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, on Tuesday evening.
She said she took to the crime because she has "carefully observed that kidnapping seems to be lucrative".
Sabo Ibrahim Umar, Commissioner of Police in the state, paraded Aisha and other suspects who were arrested in connection to kidnapping, armed robbery and sundry crimes.
Speaking on the incident, Umar said: "On the 14/01/2019 at about 1900hrs a case of kidnapping was received at Doubeli Police Station that, Aisha Usman 'f' was kidnapped.
"Personnel of the state CID swung into action and later discovered that the said Aisha prudently sent a text message to her parents that she was kidnapped and that her abductors were demanding large sums of money as ransom.
"Aisha, however, confessed to have framed her kidnapping. She said it was all done with a view to get money from her parents."
She demanded N1million as ransom for her release.
He counseled the public not to rush into paying ransom when faced with cases of kidnap, adding that "the Police has all it takes to bust kidnap cases".
The CP also paraded six armed robbery suspects and six other suspects arrested for kidnapping.
Yusuf Bauchi, Kabiru Mohammed, Magaji Bello, Yusuf Sale, Buba Bello, Isa Maigari and Usman Bello, were alleged to have attacked and robbed one Abdullahi Umoru and his friend, both of Wuro Belle village in Yola South, "causing them grievous hurt".
Similarly, Haruna Suleiman, Salau Sale, Maikudi Musa, Suleiman Haruna, Abdulmumini Ibrahim and Abubakar Babayo Raga of Garyayel village in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State, allegedly belong to a kidnap syndicate terrorising people around Gombi LGA, according to the Police.
However, the syndicate ran out of luck when they kidnapped their last victim on his farm and got a ransom of N150,000. This is just as one Maimuna Sale, a victim of kidnap by a separate gang, was on hand to testify how her husband parted with N150,000 to buy her freedom.
A large cache of dangerous firearms were recovered from the suspects and displayed by the Police.