Police Nab Fake Journalists In Kano Over Fraud, Theft

The Police Command 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.

According to the Command’s spokesman, Superintendent of Police (SP) Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, both suspects were caught in possession of identity cards bearing their names and photographs indicating they were staff of Vision FM, Kano.

SP Kiyawa stated that; “On 2nd February 2023, at about 5 pm, 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, adding; “The team proceeded to the scene and arrested the two suspects while trying to escape, and while the 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 having gone to Vision FM, stole the ID cards, and made fake copies bearing their names and photographs.

“They further confessed to having gone to the said plaza at Sharada Quarters, bought a bag of rice, and generated a fake transaction alert.”, the Police spokesman said