The men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Osun State Command have arrested two suspects Mr. I’m Abubakar Musa (38yrs) and Mr Abdullah Mohammed (28yrs) for alleged fraud and conspiracy to steal.
According to Babawale Afolabi(DSC) Head, Public Relations & Protocol Unit for the Command in a Press Release issued and made available to Journalists in Osogbo the state capital, the State Commandant, Mr. Ayodele Philip Olusola while parading the two suspects at the command’s state headquarters said, the duo suspects were arrested by officers of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps at Ikire following a tip off from a complainant by one Mr Kehinde Adedoyin who explained that he sold a car worth Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira(850,000) to Mr Abubakar and Mohammed in which the duo paid him with One Thousand Naira denomination which was counted and completed but immediately they left the one thousand Mayra denomination changed to one hundred naira denomination and formal Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira(850,000=) changed to One Hundred and Three Thousand Four Hundred Naira(103,400=).
Investigation by NSCDC further revealed that the complainant, Mr Adedoyin Kehinde was not the first victim of the suspects as other four(4) victims later showed up, claiming that, they were victims of the same fraudulent act.
The Osun NSCDC boss, therefore assured members of the public that the Corps would not tolerate any frauduent act in the state saying that necessary actions will be taken to ensure that the duo suspects do not go unpunished under the law.
“My men were battle ready to attack any criminal act while I am calling on people of the state to give necessary information whenever there is strange movement in their various communities across the state”, The Osun NSCDC boss added.
Reported by Richard Akintade, Osogbo