Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a fake land vendor, Nwobo Williams Chibuike, in Abuja.
He was arrested for allegedly defrauding members of the public by offering fake plots of land in Kurudu, Sabon Lugbe East Extension, Kpeyegyi, and Jikoyi Village Extension, all in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
Investigations showed that Chibuike, self-styled Managing Director of C&C Reality & Construction Limited, Dream-Krest Homes and Properties Limited and Dan Faith Shelters Limited, was marketing fictitious. Non-existent landed properties in several locations in the FCT and getting his victims to make payments ranging from N60,000,000( Sixty Million Naira), N24,000,000 (Twenty-Four Million Naira), N11,000,000( Eleven Million Naira) to N3,500,000 ( Three Million Five Hundred Naira) in locations such as Karsana, Pyakasa, Jikwoyi Kurudu, Katampe Extension, Guzape 2, Kuje and other places in the FCT.
The Commission’s enquiries from the Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA, showed that none of the locations being marketed and sold by Chibuike and his agents are real.
The suspect will be charged in court as soon as investigations are concluded.
The public is hereby alerted to be wary of such vendors, especially itinerant land marketers around the FCT and be appropriately guided.
