Police nab Anambra crooks who hired sick persons to collect alms
A joint security team of the police and Anambra vigilantes have nabbed and detained six persons for hiring sick persons to obtain money under false pretences from the public.
The police disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
According to the statement, police from the Oba division and vigilantes, on April 16, raided an uncompleted building at Isu in Idemili-South LGA, arresting six suspects.
It alleged that the suspects hired four sick persons to beg for alms from the public.
The suspects were Doris Basil, 28; Peter Ezedike, 38; Susan Monday, 27; Ogechi Okoro, 27; Solomon Sunday, 29; and Kenneth Achi, 29.
The police spokesman also stated that the operatives recovered six mobile phones and N82,400 in N50, N100 and N200 denominations.
The police command also took into custody four sick persons suspected to be suffering from brain tumours, breast cancer, and other terminal ailments.
The command provided first aid for the sick persons and sought medical intervention for their treatment and safe return to their families.
Police commissioner Ikioye Orutugu said, “It is a felony that carries a potential penalty of three years imprisonment.”
Mr Orutugu also expressed concern over moral decadence among some Nigerians, who take undue advantage of sick persons to make quick money.
He directed the immediate interrogation of the relatives of the sick persons to ascertain their culpability.
It noted that all the suspects would be charged in court upon the conclusion of the investigation.
(NAN)
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