Sokoto — Sokoto State Police Command yesterday arrested a suspected fraudster, Hamdan Muhammed Sadiq, who has been defrauding people, using the name of the late General Sani Abacha's family.
THISDAY checks revealed that the suspect, who is also from the same local government area with the former first lady, Hajiya Maryam Abacha, has been approaching public officers and traditional rulers, soliciting for funds in advancing what he said was the governorship aspiration of Muhammad Abacha, son of the late president.
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