5 disguise as foreigners, defraud people in Lagos – RRS

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The Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Lagos State Police Command, on Thursday said it arrested five members of a syndicate who allegedly specialised in defrauding innocent members of the public by tricks.
This was contained in a statement in Lagos by the RRS Commander, ACP Olatunji Disu.
The statement said that they were arrested on Tuesday at about 3:00 p.m. at Okobaba Sule Street, under the Wilmer flyover, Apapa, Lagos following a tip off.
The statement said the suspects and others now at large usually presented themselves before members of the public as importers having goods from overseas to sell among other tricks.
“Under interrogations, they claimed to be a15-member gang with one Toronto as their leader.
“They confessed to always ask their victims, male or female to bring Naira, which they would either change into fake Dollars or British Pounds.
“They claimed to have various groups in different parts of Lagos metropolis. They were caught in the act, obtaining money from one Chiamaka Anusim,” the statement said.
It noted that some of their victims who live in the area where they were arrested were at the RRS office in Alausa to identify the suspects.
According to some of the victims, the scene under the Wilmer flyover where the suspects were arrested was described as a dangerous spot, it said.
It said the victims also described the place as a “no-go area” as students and ladies were often heard crying from the spot.
“The victim, Chiamaka Anusim, 26, said she was accosted by one of the suspects at Mile 2 bus stop on her way for a job interview in Ago, Isolo area.
“The man just walked up to me and introduced himself as a foreigner who was looking for ladies who could assist him to market some used phone sets and laptops he just brought from abroad.
“I told him that I …Read More

Source:: PM Newspaper