Man buys car in Lagos with fake alert, escapes to Akwa Ibom

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By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo

The Akwa Ibom State police command said it has arrested a suspected fraudster identified as Emeka Akuma for manipulating fake bank alert to a car dealer in Lagos and escaped with the car to the state.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Odiko MacDon, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday in Uyo said the operatives of the police command also apprehended a POS Operator, identified as Moses Asuquo for using fake alert to defraud two persons.

MacDon also disclosed that the suspect who hails from Abia State was arrested along IBB way, Uyo, on January 18, 2021, after he had faked false bank alert to a car dealer at FESTAC town in Lagos and later ran away with Lexus 330 Saloon Car.

He further disclosed that Akuma was trailed through intelligence operations by Anti-Cultism Unit while driving the said car near Ibom Hall with fake registration number AKD 230 QD before the vehicle was recovered.

His words, “The Akwa Ibom State Police Command, on…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper