Police operatives in Kano State have arrested two men, parading themselves as journalists, for allegedly defr@uding a rice trader of N33,000, in Kano Municipal LGA of the state.
The suspects: Mujahid Kabir and Abba Imam, both 30, allegedly used a fake bank transfer alert of N33,000 to buy a bag of rice at a Plaza at Sharada Quarters on February 2, 2023.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, in a statement said the suspects were arrested following a tip-off.
“On spot search, the suspects were found in possession of Vision FM Personnel Identity Cards.
On preliminary investigation, the suspects confessed to having gone to Vision FM Radio station Kano, st%le two personnel Identity Cards and made fake copies bearing their names and photographs.
They further confessed to having gone to the said plaza at Sharada Quarters, bought a bag of rice and made a fake transaction with the cashier,” the statement reads.
