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Anambra Police Arrests False Serial Facebook Lover

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Anambra State Police Command has arrested 22-year old David Maduabuchi, a serial facebook suitor who is trained in defrauding young girls with false pretenses for marriage.

Two girls fell victim and reported that they lost the sum of N418,000 to the 22-year old fraudster.

The victim’s names are Miracle and Chinasa who were allegedly lured by the suspect on Facebook to steal from their parents to meet the whims of the alleged suitor.

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The Anambra State Police Public Relations  Officer, Haruna Mohammed said that the suspect has also collected an undisclosed number of laptop computers from his victims.

He said Police detectives attached to Awada Division arrested David, of No 16 Chukwu Onovo street, Okpoko, who specializes in swindling girls particularly teenage girls on Facebook and mislead them into stealing money from their parents and guardians for him.

He said an investigation revealed that between the months of March and November 2019, the suspect lured these two girls Ogechi Miracle, aged 18years and Chinansa Peter, 18yrs on Facebook with the lie of marrying them.

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The victims were further tutored by the suspect and they both stole the sums of N318,000 and N100,000 respectively at different times from their parents, as well as laptop computers which they handed over to him.

Mr. Mohammed said the suspect had been arrested while the case was being investigated after which the suspect would be charged.