The Lagos State Police have arrested four brothers namely, Obinna Okezie, Mike Okezie, Chibuzor Okezie and Matthew Okezie for conniving with one Okechukwu Uzoma in order to steal N43 million from their brother-in-law, Umeagudosi Nnama.
Nnama is an owner of a bureau de change operation at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.
The suspects on May 1,2013, went to the victim’s office and deceived the employee on duty, Desmond Ameife, into giving them the money on the pretext of giving it to a customer, according to a police report.
According to Police sources, “Nnama’s company, PNnama Enterprise serves as a middleman between Chinese manufacturers and Nigerian traders. The company helps traders to send money to Chinese manufacturers. On May 1, the brothers told Ameife to give them $200,000 and N11m (N43m) saying they wanted to give the money to a customer.
“The suspects then took the money and ran away.”
The suspects were traced to a relative’s apartment in Satellite Town.
“On May 3, just two days after the robbery, the suspects were arrested at an apartment of one of their relatives where they were sharing the money. The whole money was fully recovered, “he said.
“Nnama said in his statement that the brothers had told him some days before the robbery that their mother had been kidnapped and they needed N20m to pay ransom. This shows that the brothers had been conspiring for quite some time,” he said.
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