Operatives of the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, of the Nigeria Police at Milverton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a female staff of the Federal Capital Development Authority, Abuja, Hajara Egbra, 45, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N25 million under false pretence.
The SFU’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ngozi Isitumen Agu, said the suspect was arrested following a written complaint by a female victim (name withheld) to the Commissioner of Police, CP Tunde Ogunsakin, that the suspect sold a plot of land to her within Asokoro Extension, Abuja, in 2009 for the sum of N25 million.
The victim alleged that she paid the money in three installments. She said she paid N10 million each for the first two installments and the suspect issued receipts with invoice Nos.0073 and 0201 to her as proofs of purchase respectively, while the last payment of N5 million was made in 2012 through an old generation bank cheque No. 0179593.
