CITIZENS COMPASS —The Imo State Police Command, on Saturday, paraded a 30-year-old suspect, Wisdom Mmaduka, over alleged fake marriage promises to six ladies just to defraud them of their money.
The suspect was paraded at the Imo State Police headquarters in Owerri, alongside other suspects in connection with criminal activities.
Addressing newsmen, spokesperson of the Command, Henry Okoye, tagged the suspect an “advance fee fraudster”.
On how the suspect was apprehended, he said: “Intelligence-led investigation and data tracking analysis by detectives of Owerri Area Command led to the arrest of notorious and advance fee fraudster named Wisdom Mmaduka, 30, of Onicha.
“He fraudulently obtained N1,400,000 via ATM transfers from Miss Judith, in the guise of marrying her.
“In the course of the investigation, the accused revealed that his modus operandi is to go after wealthy unmarried ladies, promise them marriage and in the process defraud them of their hard-earned money.
“He has a syndicate he uses as parents and in-laws, who he takes these unsuspecting young ladies to in his village in Mbaise for confirmation of his intention.
“On seeing these, the innocent lady will believe he has good intentions, thus he will steal their ATM cards, withdraw all the money in their account, and fade into thin air.
“Amazingly, on his arrest, six ladies he has defrauded surfaced at the station, confirming being defrauded by this same suspect of huge sums of money with the same promise of marriage.
