A scam artist who posed as the son of President Muhammadu Buhari so as to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians with
the promises of giving them lucrative contracts from the government,
has been arrested by operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
A statement
from the FCT SARS say the suspect has continuously promised to secure
contracts for his victims from the president, saying he had made
billions of naira through this illicit venture.
He
was also dropping names of top politicians and businessmen to convince
his victims, often wielding superimposed photos of himself with the
president and other top politicians.
The statement reads:
“He
mostly approached big contractors, who were desperate to see the
president or any of the governors. He would put fake calls across to the
supposed politicians in the presence of his victims and convince them
to book appointments.
From there, he
would demand that the politician’s security officials needed to be
settled with huge amounts of money before the contractor would be
granted audience with the president or the governor.”
But
the fake president's son ran into troubled waters when a duped
contractor, after waiting for many weeks without getting to see the
president as promised by the hoodlum, reported his ordeal to the police,
complaining that after collecting lots of money from him, the scammer
was yet to take him to the president.
To the
surprise of the police operatives, the suspect turned out to be a
criminal who has been on their wanted list for similar offences in the
past.
The Police Public Relations Officer for the
FCT command, Anjuguri Manzah, confirmed the story, saying that acting on
a tipoff, SARS operatives arrested the suspect on Saturday, July 4, at
about 2 am.
“The truth is that the suspect had
defrauded so many people. To perfect his act, he paraded himself as the
son of the president. Three Mercedez Benz and one Peugeot 406 cars were
recovered from him as exhibits."
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