Abia State police have arrested one Uche Livingston Nzubechi of Ohuhu Nsulu in Isiala Ngwa North local government area, for alleged fraud and forgery of Abia state government revenue documents.
Ene Okon, the Commissioner of Poli c e ( CP) in charge of Abia command, while parading the suspect in Umuahia, the s t a te capital, said that Nzubechi was arrested for reportedly forging documents of Abia State Board of Internal Revenue and using same to defraud unsuspecting Abia indigenes residents and companies, including of several millions of naira.
The CP said that the suspect’s accomplices have also been arrested and vital exhibits involved in the crime recovered from them.
He assured that the suspects would be arraigned i n cour t as soon as investigation in the case is concluded.
Answering questions from journalists, the principal suspect, Nzubechi, 32, who claimed to be a second year law student of Abia State University, confessed using the forged documents to defraud people in Aba and its environs against the state government’s policy on revenue collection.
Vital exhibits recovered from him include Hp laptop, Dell lap – top, five printed fake receipts, list of individual property owners defrauded, Land Rover car and bank deposit slip.
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