Adelani Adepegba, AbujaThe police in Abuja have arrested a 40-year-old man, Goodluck Onyewenyi, for allegedly using the pictures and medical reports of renal failure patients to solicit for money from members of the public, which he then pocketed. The suspect was said to have raised over N4.7m by writing to wealthy individuals to seek their financial support for patients needing kidney transplant. Onyewenyi reportedly opened a bank account in the name of the patient to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. “The following have been recovered from the suspect as exhibits: pictures of patients undergoing dialysis, copies of letters for financial assistance and bank documents. He sent the letters soliciting for money to over 200 persons and money started coming into the Zenith Bank account he opened.

Source: Punch February 05, 2019 01:52 UTC