4th March, 2024
By Jethro Ibileke
A 24-year-old man, Destiny Paul, who has been defrauding members of the public using the name of Kaduna State Government has been arrested by operatives of Edo State Police Command.
The Command’s Spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who disclosed this on Monday in Benin, said Paul was arrested following a petition from the Force Headquarters.
He disclosed that the petition stated that a fraudster from Edo State is defrauding unsuspecting members of the public.
He added that Paul, who had impersonated Kaduna State Government to defraud several persons was geo-located to the Edo State Police Command’s jurisdiction.
According to Nwabuzor, operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber Crime Unit of the Command arrested the suspect along Ubiaja-Uromi Road, Ubiaja, using technical intelligence.
The Edo police spokesman, said the suspect has confessed to using Kaduna State Government profile to defraud people.
“Meanwhile, the officers attached to Force Headquarters have been contacted and are leading investigative team from Kaduna to Edo state. The suspect would soon be handed over to the team from Abuja,” he said.