MICHAEL AKINOLA
Police operatives from the Anambra State Command have arrested suspected fraudsters/scammers, who posed as foreign business men to swindle unsuspecting individuals.
According to SP Haruna Mohammed, PPRO, Anambra State Police Command, on 18th December, 2019, at about 2:40pm, following intelligence report, Police detectives attached to Awada Division arrested at Upper Iweka, Onitsha, two suspected fraudsters namely Ikechukwu Ogbona ‘m’ 56, of Asaba, Delta State and Ndubuisi Nwobodo ‘m’ 46, of Nkpor-Agu Village, Nkpor in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State.
The suspects allegedly hoodwinked one Okeke Chinemerem ‘m’ 17, of Abajuo Street, Awada, into believing that they were foreign business men desirous of converting their hard currency into Naira. In the process, the victim was swindled of the sum of sixty-five thousand naira (N65,000) cash.
Meanwhile, the suspects have since confessed to the crime. The Police spokesman said that investigation is in progress after which they will be charged to Court for prosecution.
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