Eric Patrick
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a fake land vendor, Nwobo Williams Chibuike, in Abuja.
Chibuike was arrested for allegedly defrauding members of the public through offers of fake plots of land in Kurudu, Sabon Lugbe East Extension, Kpeyegyi and Jikoyi Village Extension, all in Abuja.
EFCC disclosed this in a statement shared on its Facebook page on Wednesday.
According to the statement, investigations showed that, Chibuike, self-styled Managing Director of C&C Reality & Construction Limited, Dream-Krest Homes and Properties Limited and Dan Faith Shelters Limited, was marketing fictitious and non-existing landed properties in several locations in the FCT and getting his victims to make payments ranging from N60,000,000, N24,000, 000, N11,000,000 to N3, 500, 000 in locations such as Karsana, Pyakasa, Jikwoyi , Kurudu, Katampe Extension, Guzape 2, Kuje and other locations in the FCT.
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The Commission stated that enquirieso from the Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA, showed that none of the locations being marketed and sold by Chibuike and his agents are real.
The suspect will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
The EFCC have warned Nigerians to be wary of such vendors, especially itinerant land marketers around the FCT.
