BY FRANCIS NANSAK, LAFIA
Police operatives attached to State Criminal Investigation Department of the Nasarawa State Police command have arrested one Shuaibu Isiaka (AKA Ziko ‘M’) 58yrs of Tudun Gwandara, Lafia for allegedly using the name of the Executive Governor of Nasarawa state, Engr. Abdulahi Sule, to defraud an unsuspected member of the public to the tune of Seventeen Million Naira (#17,000,000) Naira.
This was contained in a press release made available to newsmen and signed by the Police public relations officer DSP Ramhan Nansel in Lafia on Sunday.
The arrest followed a petition filed against the suspect who obtained money under false pretense from the victim under the guise of being offered a contract by the Nasarawa state government.
The statement read , “Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime, but stated that the amount obtained from the victim was Fourteen million and not Seventeen million as alleged.
” The Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Shehu Nadada has ordered thorough investigation into the case and tasked the investigators to go after anyone found to be connected to the commission of the offence, no matter how highly placed. He thereafter urged members of the public to be wary of smooth-criminals who have mastered the act of talking about famous people to impress in order not to fall prey to their antics” The statement read in parts.