P.M. News (Lagos)
Gabriel Orok
18 December 2002
Lagos — The police have commenced a probe of two retired female Commissioners of Police (names withheld) over their alleged involvement in advance fee fraud (419) while in office.
Report revealed that the two police chiefs, who retired recently at the Force Crime Intelligence Department, are to be probed alongside eight other perpetrators of international advanced fee fraud.
The report identified the leader of the '419' syndicate as Mr. Ibrahim Michael Ologho. Their offences include advance fee fraud involving over 3, million dollars, illegal use of Nitel facilities for 419 and abandoning of Nitel numbers 5891177, 58 50600, 5850211, 881034, 830551, 842216 and 618405 with debt of over N2 million naira, conspiracy to avert justice, concealment of facts, financial inducement, abuse of office, threat to life and printing of fake postal stamps.
P.M.News investigations revealed that the petition that led to the discovery of the fraud was sent to the office of the Director of Public Prosecution by an insider who monitored the criminal activities of the syndicate for two years.
On receipt of the petition, Miss O.F. Osho, an official of the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) in a letter dated November 18,2002 informed the Inspector-General of police, about the incident. The Inspector-General then directed the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, to commence preliminary investigations into the allegations and forward his findings to him.
P.M.News investigations revealed that the state Police Commissioner, Mr. Young Arebamen, has instructed his men at the State Monitoring Unit, to arrest those concerned including the two Police Commissioners for interrogation.
Further investigations revealed that some of the suspects have already left Nigeria.
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