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Police In Kano Nab Man For Fraud, Posing As CBN Anchor-Borrower Agent

From Maduabuchi Nmeribeh, Kano


A Special Squad from the Bompai headquarters of Kano state Police Command has nabbed Buhari Hassan (38) of Sauna Kawaji Quarters, Nasarawa Local Government Area, Kano state, for defrauding unsuspected public, posing as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Anchor-borrower programme agent.


Data from the police indicated that over 64 Nigerians defrauded by Buhari, already approached security agencies over their plight.


The AUTHORITY reports that CBN Anchor-borrower programme is one of the Federal Government projects geared towards alleviating poverty.


Already, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, has ordered for a discreet investigation on the case.


The police boss has insisted that  the suspect will be charged to court for fraud, forgery and impersonation, upon completion of investigation.


According to police authorities, “on August 31, 2021, at about 3 p.m, information was received from a credible source that, one Buhari Hassan, 38 years old, of Sauna Kawaji Quarters, Nassarawa LGA Kano was posing as an agent of National Cotton Association of Nigeria under Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrower Programme to defraud unsuspecting members of the public using fake documents.


“Upon receiving the report, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, fsi, raised and instructed a team of Policemen led by SP Shehu Dahiru to arrest the culprit.


“The team immediately swung into action and arrested the suspect at Yankaba Quarters, Kano, after he had swindled Muttaka Muhammad, Lawal Mohammed, and Habibu Muhammad, all of Yankaba Quarters, Nassarawa LGA Kano of the sum of Seven Hundred Thousand Naira (N700,000.00).


“The suspect was caught in possession of Forty Seven (47) fake I’D Cards bearing different names, photographs and other falsified documents of the National Cotton Association of Nigeria, Kano State Chapter. Further search led to the recovery of the Computer he used in printing the forged documents.


“During interrogation, the suspect revealed he had worked with the National Cotton Association of Nigeria in Kano, but was dismissed after he forged their documents. He confessed parading himself as a staff of the National Cotton Association of Nigeria to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. 


“About Sixty Four (64) Persons have reported that the suspect defrauded them the sum of Six Million, Two Hundred and Ninety Four Thousand, Two Hundred Naira (N6,294,200.00). The Commissioner of Police, CP Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, fsi (Nagari-Nakowa) has ordered for discreet investigation. Suspect will be charged to court upon completion of investigation.”

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