Fake journalists arrested over fraud, theft in Kano

The police in Kano State have arrested two suspected fake journalists, Mujahid Kabir (30) and Abba Imam (30) for committing fraud and theft in a Plaza at Sharada Quarters in Kano Municipal.

The spokesman of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said the suspects were caught in possession of identity cards bearing their names and photographs indicating they were both staff of Vision FM, Kano.

Kiyawa said, “On 2nd February, 2023, at about 5pm a report was received from the Manager of a plaza at Sharada Quarters, that two people went to the plaza, purchased a bag of rice at N33,000 and sent a fake alert to them.”

He said detectives led by SP Abdulrahim Adamu, Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Sharada led a team to arrest the culprits.

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He said, “The team proceeded to the scene and arrested the two suspects while trying to escape, and while on-the-spot search was carried out on them, they were found in possession of Vision FM identity cards.

“On preliminary investigation, both suspects confessed to have gone to Vision FM, stole the ID cards and made fake copies bearing their names and photographs. They further confessed to have gone to the said plaza at Sharada Quarters, bought a bag of rice and generated a fake transaction alert.”