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| Acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris |
A suspected fraudster, Abdulrahman
Shuaibu, who attempted to dupe a presidential aide, said he became a
criminal because he could not get a job in Abuja.
The 21-year-old said he relocated to
Abuja from his hometown in Hong, Adamawa State, about a year ago because
President Muhammadu Buhari was in power and he thought he could easily
find himself a job.
Shuaibu, who was paraded on Tuesday by
the police alongside his accomplices, Isiaku Zambuk, 47, and Hassan
Haruna, 35, explained that he met the gang members at the Federal
Secretariat, Abuja, and asked for assistance, but they asked him to join
the gang.
He said, “Sometimes, we would visit a
ministry and demand to see the minister. If he is too busy to attend to
us, he may give us his business card and through it, we’ll get his
number. I have made only N50,000 so far.”
The Force Public Relations Officer,
Donald Awunah, said, “The syndicate specialises in sending text messages
and calling highly placed individuals such as ministers, senators,
governors and captains of industries on the phone, demanding huge sums
of money or else the victims should await grievous consequences if they
fail to comply.”
Source: Punch News Papers
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