In a statement released on Sunday, August 11, the command spokesperson, DSP Ramhan Nansel, said that the suspect had purportedly taken N17 million from the victim while pretending to be offering a contract from the Nasarawa State Government.
The statement said, “One Shuaibu Isiaka AKA Ziko ‘M’ 58yrs of Tudun Gwandara, Lafia has been arrested by police operatives attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department of the Nasarawa State Police command for name-dropping the Executive Governor of Nasarawa state and defrauding an unsuspecting member of the public to the tune of Seventeen Million (#17,000,000) Naira.”
In a statement released on Sunday, August 11, the command spokesperson, DSP Ramhan Nansel, said that the suspect had purportedly taken N17 million from the victim while pretending to be offering a contract from the Nasarawa State Government.
The statement said, “One Shuaibu Isiaka AKA Ziko ‘M’ 58yrs of Tudun Gwandara, Lafia has been arrested by police operatives attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department of the Nasarawa State Police command for name-dropping the Executive Governor of Nasarawa state and defrauding an unsuspecting member of the public to the tune of Seventeen Million (#17,000,000) Naira.”
“Thereafter, in order to avoid falling for their antics, he urged the public to be cautious of smooth-criminals who have perfected the act of talking about famous people to impress.”