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Fake Doctor, Drug Dealer Arrested In Niger

A 24-year-old resident of Korokpan, in the Chanchaga area of Minna, the Niger State capital has been arrested for alleged impersonation by the police.

The suspect, Clement Joseph was nabbed by operatives of the intelligence unit of the police command based on a tip-off.

Joseph is also being investigated for fraud and causing an abortion, a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun said.

Abiodun said that the suspect had been parading himself as a medical doctor in the area, where he "unlawfully had carnal knowledge of four other female victims, impregnated one of the victims while he conspired with one Aliyu presently at large and aborted a pregnancy of one other victim."

This is aside from defrauding another person of N280,000 under the pretext of running a cryptocurrency exchange, Zuga Coin International.

Similarly, a suspected drug dealer was also arrested by the police during a raid on a shop in Bangi, Mariga local government area of Niger State.

According to the police, the suspect, Chinedu Makata was arrested in possession of 47 wraps of Indian h**p and other hard drugs.

"During the raid, forty-seven (47) wraps of suspected Indian h**p and some other suspected hard drugs were recovered from the shop.

"In the process of effecting the arrest of the said shop owner, he pulled out a locally made gun and threatened to shoot the Police Operatives.

"However, he was later disarmed and arrested by the Police team." the police said.