Get Guardian on GoogleThe Police Command in Niger has arrested four suspects who specialised in defrauding unsuspecting members of the public in various markets across the state.
This is contained in a statement by its Public Relations officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, on Thursday in Minna.
He stated that the suspects were arrested based on credible intelligence at about 3 pm on Wednesday.
He added that the fraudsters were sighted at Izom cattle market, planning to defraud a person after selling his cattle.
“Subsequently, Police operatives of Maje Div. mobilised to the scene and intercepted one black Mercedes Benz vehicle with Reg. No. KTU 747 HF with the following suspects: Aliyu Abbas 35 years of Funtua, Katsina State.
“Others are: Jibrin Idris 35 years of Gwiwa, Jigawa, Musa Ya’u of Daura, Katsina State and Abubakar Yahaya, 45years of Daura, Katsina State.
“Upon interrogation, the suspects confessed to being fraudsters and a sum of one million, two hundred thousand Naira was recovered from them.
“Other exhibits include: a bunch of cut to size papers, liquid chemicals claimed to be used for counterfeit notes, handcuff, and two phones.”
Abiodun said that some victims identified the syndicate as fraudsters who had swindled them of their money and cattle at different markets.
“At times, they do present themselves as policemen to their victims or counterfeit notes producer and other means of defrauding people,” he said.
He said the suspects are under further investigation and would soon be charged to court.
