The Borno State Command of the Nigerian Security And Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC has arrested a man for allegedly defrauding Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs in the state to the tune of N2.7m.
According to the state commandant of the NSCDC, Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim, the suspect was arrested in the process of selling forms which he falsely claimed to be for the procurement of relief materials from Abuja to some IDPs.
“The suspects have sold a total of 9,000 forms to the IDPs in some camps across Maiduguri at the cost of N300 each, promising them that they will be provided with special relief materials from Abuja,” he said
Ibrahim explained that the suspect, working with some other people now at large, recruited "some agents in the camps, to deceive the IDPs that special relief materials will be brought to them from Abuja after filling the forms with their passport photographs attached.”
While advising the displaced persons to be vigilant and report suspicious persons to security agencies, Ibrahim assured that the suspect would be handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution.
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