₦airaland Forum

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested six suspects who allegedly hired sick persons to beg for alms from members of the public.

In a press statement released on Thursday, the state police spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed that the suspects were arrested in an uncompleted building at Isu Village in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area.

Ikenga added that the police also recovered six mobile phones and ₦82,400 in ₦50, ₦100 and ₦200 denominations.

According to him, four sick persons, who appeared to be suffering from brain tumours, breast cancer, and other terminal illnesses, were rescued from the scene and taken into custody.

The statement read, “A joint security team comprising police officers from Oba Divisional Police Headquarters and Anambra Vigilante operatives, on April 16, at 6:30 pm, raided an uncompleted building at Isu Village, Oba, and arrested six suspects who allegedly hired sick persons to beg for alms from members of the public.

“The suspects are Doris Basil (female), aged 28; Peter Ezedike (male), aged 38; Susan Monday (female), aged 27; Ogechi Okoro (female), aged 27; Solomon Sunday (male), aged 29; and Kenneth Achi (male), aged 29.

“The operatives also recovered six mobile phones and ₦82,400 in denominations of ₦50, ₦100, and ₦200, and took into safe custody four sick persons, who appeared to be suffering from brain tumours, breast cancer, and other terminal illnesses.

“The operatives provided first aid to the sick persons and sought higher medical intervention for their treatment and safe return to their various homes.”

He added that following the development, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, noted that Section 419 of the Nigerian Criminal Code Act deals with obtaining property by false pretence, also known as “419 fraud”.

“The CP noted that it is a felony carrying a potential penalty of three years’ imprisonment, and expressed concern about the level of moral decay in individuals who exploit sick persons for personal gain.

“He further directed the immediate interrogation of the relatives of the sick persons to ascertain their culpability.

“All the suspects will be charged to court upon conclusion of the investigations,” he added.

BikoMERCYme:
Good.....
Dis sud be extended to all regions......
Exp......dos begging for alms holding twin......

rinzaugustine:
Tinubu have have so ruined Yorubaland with insecurity and widespread poverty that his supporters have descended from tinubu go favor me to now the lowly slavery position of reporting igboland news for Igbos …shame shame shame

tuoyoojo:
Sick people were rescued?!!!

Rescued how?!!

Were they not hired willingly or they they force them out

I went with a charity group to a disabled community. There we met several crippled and one person stood out, she was blind, crippled and obsessed. The was crawling with on the bare floor and she was seeing her peroid so you can imagine the sight

Anyways, after food stuff, clothing and other things were given to them, she was given a wheelchair....a few days later, she should the wheel chair for peanuts and continued crawlies with her bare hands.....we were told that she has received several wheelchairs for good spirited nigerians but she always go back and gets the wheelchair sold.....that if she keeps the wheel chair, she would not get help again

This is how some not all, profit from their misfortune

Freetech:
Peter obi really deal with this stste.
He made them more poor loot their fund and them to beggar's state

Is this the new Nigeria they want to give us? Hahaha

...but everyone there na billionaire, how can billionaires beg?

No wonder they behave crude, poverty have shattered their brains