Afrigather - The police have nabbed six younger Nigerians selling fraud and terrorism within the nation’s capital metropolis, Abuja
- The FCT police authorities disclosed this to the press and disclosed that the suspects function by promoting registered sim playing cards from N5,000 upwards to criminals
- The FCT police commissioner, CP Benneth Igweh, stated criminals used the playing cards for varied illicit actions, together with fraud and terrorism, thus posing a major menace to nationwide safety
TheTalk.NG journalist Esther Odili has over two years of expertise overlaying political events and actions.
FCT, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested six suspects concerned in a nationwide safety breach, promoting already registered sim playing cards to criminals.
FCT police command busts syndicate promoting registered sim playing cards to criminals. Picture of police IG for illustration.
Picture credit score: Enterprise Remarks, Nigeria Police ForceSource: Fb
Abuja safety breach: Particulars of these arrested
The FCT police commissioner, CP Benneth Igweh, disclosed this to the press on Thursday, June 13, in Abuja.
As reported by Vanguard, the suspects arrested are recognized as Ndubuisi Okeh, John Jock, Nafiu Tijani, Nasiru Sulaiman, John Njoku, and Suleiman Musa.
They had been arrested on Could 29, 2024, by a crew of detectives from the State Intelligence Division (SID) led by ACP Mohammed S. Baba.
Fraud and terrorism: How the suspects function
As disclosed by the Drive, over 1,100 already registered SIM playing cards, three registration machines, and different devices had been recovered from the suspects.
The sim playing cards had been bought to criminals at a worth charge of three to 5 thousand naira every, compromising nationwide safety and facilitating felony actions similar to fraud and terrorism.
The police investigation revealed that the suspects exploited vulnerabilities within the SIM card registration course of, highlighting a major weak spot within the nation’s telecommunications infrastructure.
The FCT Police Commissioner, CP Igweh, reiterated his dedication to working with residents to defeat crime in all its kinds in Abuja.
Talking additional, the police boss urged residents to report suspicious actions and cooperate with investigations to forestall additional breaches of nationwide safety.
CP Igweh stated:
“The FCT Police Command has been working tirelessly to rid the town of criminality. In our steady effort to attain this objective, we have now made important arrests and recoveries.
“On Could 29, 2024, our detectives arrested six suspects concerned in a nationwide safety breach. These suspects had been promoting already registered sim playing cards to criminals, compromising our nationwide safety and facilitating felony actions similar to fraud and terrorism.”
Infamous ‘one likelihood’ couple arrested in Abuja
In one other growth, TheTalk.NG reported earlier that the FCT police arrested a pair and one different concerned in a ‘one likelihood’ theft.
Operatives from Utako police divisional Headquarters on Thursday, January 11, 2024, paraded the trio of Chukwudi Okorie (male, 51 years), Chibuzor Okorie (feminine, 43 years), each husband and spouse and Esther Gabriel (feminine, 38 years).
TheTalk.NG understands that the suspects are all residents of Akaraka Gwagwa, (FCT) who had been nabbed in reference to a collection of theft, particularly one-chance actions throughout the FCT and its environs.
The FCT police public relations officer, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the event through an announcement issued to newsmen.
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