posed as a 700-year-old spirit, to allegedly dupe unsuspecting members
of the public.
The police Commissioner in the state, Mr Ibrahim Idris told newsmen on
Wednesday in Kano that the accused, who resides at Kurnar Asabe
quarters, was arrested on Aug. 23, following complaint from one of the
victims.According to him, the suspect used his cell phone and called
the complainant severally claiming to be a spirit aged 700 years.
''He (the suspect) directed the complainant to source money and take
it to a nearby bush on an ant hill for spiritual duties.''
The commissioner said after the complainant had deposited N800, 000 as
directed by the suspect, he decided to inform his relatives.'
'This culminated into the arrest of the suspect after luring him to
the usual destination'', he said.
The commissioner said items recovered from the suspect included seven
pieces of fake 100 US dollars, three bundles of cut-to-size paper with
pretext to be 100 US dollar and four MTN Sim certificates.Others were
three motorcycles, a generator, and one mobile phone line among
others.Idris said as soon as investigation was completed, the suspect
would be charged to court.The commissioner also said that the command
had arrested 150 suspected criminals in addition to smashing five
robbery gangs within the last two weeks.
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