The police detectives attached to
the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Lafia, arrested a 52 years
old man, Moses Inobeme, native of Irakhor, EsatkoL.G.AEdoState.
The suspect who presented himself as
a civil engineer before pastor Lemikan Adewale of Redeemed Christian Church of
God, Lafia province and fraudulently collected sum of N3.1 Million on the
pretext of procuring a Land for the church.
According to the police spokes man
in Lafia, CSP Michael Ada who told Vanguard that after the suspect duped the
church, he relocated to unknown place with his family, changed his phone
number, thinking that he will never be traced again.
According to Pastor Lemikan, it all
started like a dream sometimes in the month of August, 2012 when Moses joined
the church claiming to be a new convert and was given a warm reception by the
church and was thereafter accorded all privileges as a member.
He stated further that when Moses
told him that the owner of a land adjacent to the church consented to sell the
land to the church, he believed him and released sum of N3.1 Million to procure
the land on behalf of the church.
Pastor Lemikan could not believe the
sudden disappearance of “ brother Moses Inobeme” as he was fondly called and
addressed by members of the church.
Having waited for months without
clues to “brother Moses’s where about and reluctantly reported the matter to
the police.
The police, on receiving the report
swung into action immediately.
The detectives who through
intelligent gathering, traced and arrested the suspect in Jos,plateau state.
Acp Ibrahim Tarfa in charge of SCID
Lafia, while commending his men for this breakthrough and astute performance,
advised members of the public to beware of fraudsters going about claiming to
have solution to all problems.
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