An alleged notorious fraudster, Aliyu Hussaini, has been apprehended by the Kano State Police Command for dispatching rags and tattered mosquito nets to a customer who had ordered 14 textile materials worth N100,000 online.
Spokesperson of the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, revealed in a statement on Monday that 37 other individuals had filed complaints against the suspect for deceiving them under the guise of trading fabrics.
“On the 09/11/2021 at about 0900hrs, a report was received from a woman, ‘f’, of Yelwa Shandam, Plateau State, that one Facebook user with account name ‘Aliyu Hussaini Salisu’, ‘m’, displayed Textile materials such Lace, ‘Shadda’, etc and advertise in his Facebook page for sale,” the PPRO stated.
“She ordered for fourteen (14) different textile materials at One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000:00) and sent the money through Unguwa Uku Motor Park Kano. But, instead of sending the materials, he packaged rag and tattered Mosquito Nets and sent to her.”
“Upon receiving the report, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, fsi, raised and instructed a team of detectives led by DSP Mutari Jibrin Dawanau to arrest the culprit.”
“The team immediately swung into action and arrested the suspect, one Aliyu Hussaini, ‘m’, 25 years old, of Hotoro Quarters Kano, at Unguwa Uku Motor Park, Kano.”
The suspect was found with a Laptop Computer and a Mobile Phone while attempting to defraud another unsuspecting victim.
During interrogation, the suspect admitted to specializing in using Whatsapp and Facebook to advertise Textile Materials, obtain people’s money, and then either block their social media accounts/phone numbers or send tattered rags to them.
He also confessed to employing the same method to deceive approximately 37 people from different parts of the country, particularly females with a passion for designed materials.
“After his arrest, Thirty Seven (37) persons have lodged complaints and reported that the suspect defrauded them the sum of One Million and Fourteen Thousand Naira (N1,014,000.00). The suspect has today, 22/11/2021 charged to Senior Chief Magistrate Court, No. 26 Ungogo Kano for prosecution,” he added.
Some of the textile materials
