Crime
21-Year-Old Criminal Caught After Extorting Money & Phone From Victim In Bayelsa (Photo)
Luck has ran out on a notorious criminal after he was arrested for extorting money from a victim in Bayelsa state.
The Bayelsa State Volunteer Security Outfit, on Thursday, apprehended a 21 year old criminal for extorting money and phone from a bricklayer, Joseph Oviemunu, at building site along Elebele road, Yenagoa.
It was gathered that the culprit identified as David Pere aka Junior, is a native of Egbema-Angalabiri in Ekeremo Local Government Area.
The suspect was handed over to men of the Nigerian Police.
This news is coming not long after it was reported of a 30 year old man identified as Obinna Okafor, who is an expert in robbing users of Automatic Teller Machines, and was arrested by men of the Anambra state police command.
Parading the suspect before newsmen yesterday November 22nd, the spokesperson of the state, Haruna Mohammed, said Okafor was arrested at the Nnewi branch of Access Bank by policemen on patrol.
“The suspect specialises in duping unsuspecting victims around Automated Teller Machine centres by swapping their ATM cards with other stolen cards in his possession. Operatives attached to the Nnewi Area Command, while on surveillance patrol around Access Bank, Nnewi, arrested one Obinna Okafor, 30 years, of Enugu-Ezike in Enugu State. He was arrested while withdrawing money using an ATM card stolen from a medical student in Nnewi.”
Follow us on social media:-
Celebrity Gossip & Gist1 day ago
“The money wey dem pay me don expire” – Moment Burna Boy stops his performance at the Oando PLC end of the year party (Video)
-
Economy1 day ago
Goods worth millions of naira destroyed as fire guts spare parts market in Ibadan
-
Celebrity Gossip & Gist4 hours ago
Moment stage collapses on Odumodublvck during concert performance (Video)
-
Economy4 hours ago
President Tinubu cancels Lagos engagements in honor of food stampede victims