A legal practitioner who was identified as Jude Umar has
been arrested by the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigerian Police, Lagos,
for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting Nigerians of their money under the guise
of helping them acquire new cars.
Confirming the arrest, SFU Police Public Relations Officer,
DSP Ngozi Isintume-Agu, said sometime in May 2013, the petitioner alleged that
he met the suspect in Abuja who introduced himself as a car dealer.
She said, “SFU in its continuous effort to rid the society
of fraudsters has arrested one Jude Umar who doubled as a legal practitioner
and a car dealer under the company name JETUA International Services licensed
to import vehicles, to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians.
“The complainant stated that he indicated interest and
parted with the sum of N1,035,000 out of N1.2million requested by the suspect
for Mercedes Benz ML 320 Jeep with the agreement that the balance will be paid
at the point of delivery.
“He stated further that the suspect convinced him to sell
the only car he had to augment the money for the car but that he stopped
picking his calls as soon as he collected the money.
The suspect who was arrested and has since confessed to the
alleged crime, said he used the complainant’s money to solve his financial
needs and had only deposited the sum of N180,000 in Cotonou for the said Jeep.
Isintume said the SFU Commissioner of Police, Tunde
Ogunsakin, instituted an investigation and it was revealed that the
suspect had intention to defraud the
complainant from the onset since the money he collected was diverted to other
use rather than what it was meant for.
She said investigation is on-going, adding that the suspect
would be arraigned in court soonest to serve as a deterrent to others.
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