The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has alerted the public about fake land vendors in Abuja, apprehending a suspect, Nwobo Williams Chibuike in the process.
EFCC disclosed that Chibuike was arrested for allegedly defrauding members of the public through offers of fake plots of land in Kurudu, Sabon Lugbe East Extension, Kpeyegyi and Jikoyi Village Extension, all in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
“Investigations showed that, Chibuike, self-styled Managing Director of C&C Reality & Construction Limited, Dream-Krest Homes and Properties Limited and Dan Faith Shelters Limited, was marketing fictitious and non-existing landed properties in several locations in the FCT and getting his victims to make payments ranging from ₦60,000,000 (Sixty Million Naira), ₦24,000,000 (Twenty- Four Million Naira), ₦11,000,000 (Eleven Million Naira) to ₦3,500,000 (Three Million Five Hundred Naira) in locations such as Karsana, Pyakasa, Jikwoyi, Kurudu, Katampe Extension, Guzape 2, Kuje and other locations in the FCT,” the Commission stated.
It revealed that enquiries from the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) showed that none of the locations being marketed and sold by Chibuike and his agents are real.
EFCC also said that the suspect will be charged to court after investigations are concluded.
“The public is hereby alerted to be wary of such vendors, especially itinerant land marketers around the FCT and be appropriately guided,” the anti-graft agency added.
