Thursday 30 August 2012

700yrs Old Spirit-Man Arrested By Nigeria Police Over Fraud

 


Men of the Nigeria Police have arrested one Nura Hamza, who claimed to be a 700-year-old spirit. Hamza was arrested by men of the Kano Police Command after he duped a man of N800,000.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, told reporters on Wednesday in Kano that the suspect, who resides at Kurnar Asabe quarters, was arrested on August 23, following complaint from one of his victims.

According to him, the suspect used his mobile phone to call the complainant several times claiming to be a spirit aged 700 years. “He (the suspect) directed the complainant to source money and take it to a nearby bush for spiritual duties.

“When his compound was searched, the following exhibits was recovered. Seven pieces of fake $100, three bundles of cut-to-size papers with pretext to be $100, four MTN SIM certificates, three motorcycles, generator and one mobile phone,” the Police boss said.

CP Ibrahim Idris said after the complainant had deposited N800,000 as directed by the suspect, he decided to inform his relatives. “This culminated in the arrest of the suspect after luring him to the destination.”

Olufamous.com gathered that spirit-man will be charged to court for fraud.

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