Police Arrest Men Attempting to Swindle Customs Boss

The police in Abuja have arrested two persons for allegedly attempting to swindle the Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) of the sum of seven million naira (N7m).

The police spokesman in Abuja DSP Moshood Jimoh said the two suspects, Festus Femi Ayesa and Olabode I. Olumade, were arrested for allegedly asking the CG Alhaji Abdullahi Inde Dikko the money so as to enable them curb protest by the National Youth Forum against him.

“They presented themselves to the CG as officials of the Forum and subsequently threatened him by asking him the sum of N7 million or else they will mobilize their members to publicly protest his appointment as CG of the NCS,” he said.

He said one of the suspects; Ayesa admitted committing the offence and that some of the items to be used during the protest were recovered from them. He said the items included a T-shirt, placard, pamphlet, and a cap all with the picture of the CG and the inscription of “sack Dikko now” and “Dikko must go” in them.

The suspects according to the spokesman would be charged for criminal conspiracy and defamation of character. 


Source: DailyTrust

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Posted: at 13-10-2009 05:53 PM (14 years ago) | Addicted Hero

this is not true it is frame crime

Posted: at 14-10-2009 12:08 AM (14 years ago) | Hero

na wa ooo

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Posted: at 14-10-2009 02:32 PM (14 years ago) | Addicted Hero

those suspects na idiot dem be, na so i take teach dem work?.... na dis small job dem no fit tidy.... nonsense

Posted: at 14-10-2009 06:10 PM (14 years ago) | Hero

no be small tin oo

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Posted: at 14-10-2009 08:34 PM (14 years ago) | Addicted Hero

teeco which kind cloth u dey desig, abi na forums u dey design/

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Posted: at 15-10-2009 09:50 AM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac

commentfulll.

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Posted: at 15-10-2009 10:50 AM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac

EHEN I SEEE

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Posted: at 15-10-2009 04:09 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac

NOT OK
ITS OKAY

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Posted: at 15-10-2009 04:44 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac

ASHUEBI DESIGNER

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Posted: at 15-10-2009 05:22 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac