A Nigerian has been arrested by the Special Task Force in Uttar Pradesh, India for allegedly duping a 64-year-old retired aeronautics engineer out of N131m by pretending to be a German woman online. On September 15, 2022, Jerome Balla, aka Sunday Dumka, 34, the accused, was apprehended in Delhi. From his possession, police seized six mobile phones, three SIM cards, a Nigerian voter ID card, a Mastercard, and a passport photocopy. According to STF, the accused is a part of a group that engages in online fraud, particularly the duping of older males into friendship by pretending to be women. The accused stole money from the victim, an Alambagh resident, by pretending to be a woman on his social media profiles.
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Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State has slammed Yahaya Bello, the governor of Kogi State, that since his defeat in the PDP’s presidential primary...
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers at the launch of a book in Abuja – “Flowing Justice: Selected Leading Judgments of the Court of Appeal and...
