Crime
Three land scammers held in Akwa Ibom
TRACKING___ The Uyo zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested three suspected land scammers in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.
The commission’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale named the suspects as Ubah Victor Gozie, Sunday Justice and Okon Mark Uduak.
Oyewale said the suspects were arrested at their office located at Oron Road, opposite the the state Water Board.
He said the arrest was based on intelligence report gathered by operatives of the Commission on the modus operandi of the suspects, adding that they defrauded innocent indigenes of the state under the guise of providing them with real estate services, using the name, Royal Dream Estate.
“Investigations into the activities of the trio revealed that they have defrauded several persons within the state of up to N9 million.
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