POLICE ARREST CON-MAN IN CROSS RIVER

The Calabar Police Command has arrested a gang of hardened criminals who specializes in scamming and defrauding people in Cross River State.

The ring leader, identified as one Mr Effiong Nsa Effiong has been scamming people under the pretext that he is sending them to the United States of America for training.

Effiong has been extorting over N35-40,000 from unsuspecting public with forged documents and fake email address of a company in the USA.

The man who resides at 60/90 Yellow Duke Street in Calabar has collected the monies from over 400 people in the state before his arrest.

Report says an email was sent by the SSA to Governor Ayade to the company stated on the forged documents to confirm their involvement. The response from the acclaimed company in the USA, however, denied their involvement, saying it was a scam. This led to the arrest of the culprits.

The ring leader was arrested alongside another man who doubles as the accountant to the scammer.

According to police report, the scam also involved some lecturers from the University of Calabar and Cross River University of Technology.

A UNICAL Lecturer identified as Ganyi Francis Mowang of the Department of Languages was also declared as one of the suspects.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ms. Irene Ugbo, confirmed the incident to newsmen.

Credit- Daily Post