The police in Lagos have
apprehended a three-man fraud squad who specialize in dropping the name of
Akwa-Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio, to lure
unsuspecting victims.
According to the story
at our disposal, the three-man gang goes from one hotel to another in search of
victims. Sources said that the gang leader, Mfon Charles, a 33-year
old man claims to be working with Sahara Energy, while the two
others, A. O Opeolu and Emeka Collins, claim to be
an estate agent and lawyer respective
The conmen, we gathered,
met their waterloo when they attempted to dupe a Lagos based hotelier whom they
allegedly approached and asked to help him sell one of his properties put up
for sale at N300 million.
As we heard, they told
the hotelier that Akpabio would like to buy the property at the fixed price but
that they will have the ten percent. The gang lured the hotelier to part
with the percentage first claiming the money has been transferred by the
governor.
The hotelier, being a
smart businessman, ran checks on the gang and found out that they were fakes.
He promptly alerted the DPO of police at Area F, Ikeja, whose men soon
apprehended the conmen. It was after they were apprehended that they confessed
that it was a plan hatched to reap where they did not sow.
They have since been
remanded in Kirikiri Prisons by a judge last Tuesday when they appeared in
court.
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