…OFFERS COURT DUTY POLICE OFFICER N300,000 BRIBE
A fake lawyer identified as Chukwuka Jude, a male aged 46 years old has been arrested by the Zamfara State Police Command for false presentation and Cheating by Impersonation.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Ayuba N. Elkanah, stated on Monday that Fake Plastic Identity Card, Stamp and Letter headed carrying his Chamber Titled: J.N Monyei & Co. Chamber were recovered from him.
Explaining how Chukwuka, the fake lawyer was nabbed, the CP added that “On the 18th January 2022 about 1630hrs, the Zamfara State Police Command received a complaint from the Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Zamfara State Chapter, that on the same date, one Chukwuka Jude, 46 years old was caught inside the Higher Sharia Court Tudun Wada Gusau, falsely acting as a lawyer to a client.
Police detectives promptly arrested the suspect and brought him to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Gusau for discreet investigation.
However, preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect has been putting appearances in different Courts at K/Namoda, B/Magaji, Shinkafi and Gusau LGAs where he was finally arrested for standing as a counsel to unsuspecting litigants for fees.
Prior to his arrest, the suspect deceived one of his victims who resides in Kuraje village under Damba District of Gusau LGA, by representing the victim at Higher Sharia Court III Gusau as a counsel, where he charged the sum of N100,000 for the service fees out of which he collected N23,000 as part payment.
To further support the allegation, the suspect in a bid to escape arrest and prosecution offered the sum of N300,000 as a bribe to our Court duty Police officer who instantly rejected the offer.
The suspect will be charged to court for prosecution on completion of the investigation.
In another development, one Saminu Abubakar, 30 years old of Sabon Hanya Tudun Wada area of Gusau LGA has been arrested for criminal conspiracy, kidnapping of Alhaji Yusuf of Gada Biyu area Gusau LGA.
Recovered from the suspect are N479,400 only; Samsung Tablet; Voter’s Card and four different vehicles’ plate numbers; Tecno Spark mobile phone and Tecno mobile phone keypad.
In a sustained working synergy among the security agencies in Zamfara State, CP Elkhanah reiterated, explained that on the 21st January 2022 about 1230hrs, the Department of Security Service, Zamfara State transferred a suspect and exhibits for alleged Conspiracy in the kidnapping of one Alhaji Yusuf Lawan Dare, at his residence in Gada Biyu area, Gusau LGA.
The suspect while undergoing interrogation confessed that, sometime in 2019, he and his other gang members now at large conspired and masterminded the kidnapping of the victim at his house located at Gada Biyu Area, Gusau in which the sum of N7,000,000 was paid as ransom before he regained freedom.
He further confessed that out of the ransom paid, he was given the sum of N530,000 as his own share. The cash sum of N479,400 was recovered from him, with other exhibits as mentioned above.
The discreet investigation is in progress aimed at arresting other fleeing suspects before being charged to Court for prosecution.
Also, a six-man syndicate that specialised in a criminal conspiracy, theft of motor and receiving of stolen property in Gummi local government area was made by the police.
The suspects included: Hamza Abubakar of Kebbi, Sani Abubakar of Gummi, Babangida Tukur of Sokoto, Ibrahim Mohammed of Kebbi, Manni Mohammed of Sokoto, Bashar Dalhatu of Sokoto and Umma Kusari of Sokoto who is at large.
Exhibits recovered are: Toyota Corolla Black in colour, Toyota Corolla Red in colour and N500,000 as proceed of crime.
It was gathered that on the 18th January 2022 Police patrol team while on stop and search along Gummi – Daki-takwas road acted on intelligence information and arrested Hamza Abubakar of Kebbi State who was suspected to have purchased a stolen Toyota Corolla black in colour from Sokoto to Kebbi State for disposal.
Preliminary investigation, however, revealed that the suspect has a syndicate in various States such as Sokoto and Kebbi States that specialized in theft of vehicles and disposing them to their receivers.
Further investigation led to the arrest of four suspects in Sokoto and another one in Kebbi State. On 22nd January 2022 Police detectives while on investigation activities in Sokoto also recovered another stolen Toyota Corolla red in colour a property of one Habibu Garba of Kebbi State which was stolen and found in the possession of Bashar Dalhatu a member of the same syndicate.
Investigation is in progress with a view to arresting all the members of the syndicate before being charged to Court for prosecution.
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