Imo Police Command has arraigned 30-year-old, Wisdom Mmaduka, for allegedly defrauding women with fake marriage proposals.
Gatekeepers News reports that the “notorious advance-fee fraudster” was arraigned at the Federal High Court, Owerri, and remanded at a police facility in the state.
The Command’s spokesperson, Henry Okoye, disclosed this during a press conference at the police headquarters in Owerri on Friday.
According to Okoye, the suspect was arrested after he allegedly defrauded one of the women, identified as Judith, under the pretext of marrying her.
The PPRO said, “In the course of the investigation, the accused revealed that his modus operandi is to go after wealthy unmarried ladies promising them marriage and, in the process, defraud them of their hard-earned money.
“He has a syndicate he uses as parents and in-laws that he takes these unsuspecting young ladies to in his village in Mbaise for confirmation of his intention.
“On seeing these innocent women will believe he has good intentions; thus, he will steal their ATM cards, withdraw all the money in their accounts, and fade into thin air.”
Okoye added, “Amazingly, on his arrest, six ladies he has defrauded surfaced at the (police) station confirming being defrauded by this same suspect of huge sums of money with the same promise of marriage.”
The police noted that one red highlander SUV which he allegedly stole from one of his unsuspecting victims, Rose Mgbe from Cross River State, was recovered from him.
Okoye said, “More so, he has a duplex he allegedly built at Naze with the money he got from his fraud dealings.”
