“He Claimed I Was His Fiancée!” – Shocking New Kidnap Tactic Terrifies Uyo Women
Uyo, Akwa Ibom State — September 12, 2025
A routine morning errand turned into a nightmare for Uyo resident Estelle DeSouza, who narrowly escaped a brazen daylight abduction along Aka Road—a chilling new scam that’s leaving women across the city shaken.
DeSouza says a man in a black-tinted Camry first asked for directions, then suddenly grabbed her arm and loudly declared she was his runaway bride. He told onlookers—in rapid Ibibio—that he’d paid her school fees, that they’d lived together, and that she was trying to ditch him for another man.
“I kept shouting I’d never seen him in my life,” DeSouza recalled, “but people just stared. Some even sided with him.” An elderly woman and several keke operators reportedly dismissed her screams as a “husband-and-wife matter,” giving the stranger cover to threaten her with violence.
Only the quick thinking of two passersby saved her. One demanded the attacker state the woman’s name—he couldn’t. Another, a market vendor who recognized DeSouza, publicly vouched for her and offered to call her husband. The assailant bolted, disappearing with his tinted car before police could be alerted.
Locals now warn this “Fake Fiancé Abduction” is a rising trap in Uyo. Witnesses say similar incidents have occurred recently on the same road, with kidnappers pretending to be lovers to confuse crowds and silence victims.
Authorities are being pressed to act fast, as residents share the story across social media with the urgent hashtag #UyoKidnapAlert. Women are urged to carry ID, keep their phones close, and stay hyper-aware—even on the shortest errands—until the perpetrators are caught.
