Males of the Nigeria Police Pressure Prison Investigation Division have arrested one Igwe Reward Okechukwu, pictured above, concerned in prison conspiracy, organ trafficking ,fraud, cyber crime, stealing, impersonation, deceit dishonest and identification theft that was reported on the Pressure Prison Investigation Division by one Anita Chinwe Mathias ‘fʼ.
A press release launched by ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, spokesperson of the command, disclosed that the complainant is a POS operator with a number of POS branches in Owerri and that on the fateful day she got here involved with the suspect, she went to a shopping center in Owerri to get some private results the place the suspect launched himself to her as Dr. Henry Ovie, a neurologist newly transferred from Port Harcourt to FMC, Owerri.
Adejobi mentioned the complainant additional said that Igwe collected her quantity and established a detailed relationship together with her.
‘’He advised her that he was anticipating some cash and that he would like to make use of her POS to gather the cash. The suspect then despatched the quantity of 5 Million 5 Hundred Thousand Naira (#5,500,000) to her account, which made her imagine that the suspect had a real supply of earnings. She proceeded to state that on eleventh September, 2023 the suspect tricked her to enter a code on her POS machine which she did because of the belief she had for him. After the suspect left her place, she seen that every one the cash in her POS account was withdrawn, which amounted to the sum of Twenty One Million Naira (#21,000,000) and all efforts to achieve out to the suspect proved abortive. She additionally went to Federal Medical Heart, the place the suspect claimed to be working, to ask about him and he or she was advised that none of their docs bear such identify.
She instantly reported the case to the Pressure Prison Investigation Division Abuja, the place clever officers swung into motion to arrest the suspect.”
The assertion additional reads;
‘’Through the course of investigation the officers found that the suspect had modified his telephone quantity, relocated from Owerri to Lafia in Nasarawa State, the place he rented and furnished an condo, the place he was later arrested after being tracked. Additional investigations revealed that the suspect goes by totally different names resembling Igwe Richard, Ovie Henry with a number of telephone numbers and emails that he makes use of to perpetrate his heinous acts. Investigation additionally unraveled that the suspectʼs identification was not documented on the Nationwide Id Administration Fee portal, neither was his data in any Nigeria Data Database. Upon his arrest it was found that the mentioned Igwe was additionally concerned in organ trafficking and that he has a contact in Toronto, Canada with whom he engages within the commerce of human organs.”
Adejobi added that the Inspector Common of Police IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has reiterated that the arrest underscores the dedication and dedication of the pressure to combating crimes and criminality and likewise guaranteeing the protection and safety of our neighborhood. He mentioned that the IGP has assured Nigerians that an intensive investigation is ongoing and each different perpetrator concerned on this heinous act could be delivered to e-book and be charged to court docket accordingly.