Trending | 2 May 2015 07:55 CET

UK citizen arrested in Lagos for defrauding seven Nigerians of N70m

By Thenation Ebele BONIFACE

A citizen of the United Kingdom, Saheed Mohammad Cameran, aged 48, has been arrested by the operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos State Police Command for defrauding seven Nigerians of about 70million naira under the pretext of supplying them diesel.

According to a police source, the suspect was arrested while trying to smuggle himself out of Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.

Though the operatives of the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) Milverton, Ikoyi, Lagos were said to have taken over the case, the unit's spokesperson, DSP Ngozi Isintume, said she was yet to brief about the case.

The Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Ken Nwosu, confirmed the transfer of the case to the SFU on Thursday.

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