91m Fraud: Suspect Dies After 6 Hours In EFCC Custody

Desmond Nunugwo, a suspect who was arrested
by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), over allegations of fraud,
has died after spending six hours in EFCC
custody.
Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesman, disclosed
this on Friday, saying Nunugwo was taken into
custody on Thursday, but died a few hours later.
Uwujaren said Nunugwo’s demise was confirmed
at a hospital where he was rushed to after he
suddenly took ill.
“The late Nunugwu allegedly fraudulently
obtained N91m from an acquaintance after he
tricked her into believing that he had high net
worth business associates in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates who were at the verge of buying Nicon
Insurance and convinced her of their disposition
to help her stock fish business,” Uwujaren said in
a statement.
“Consequently, she wired N91m into Nunugwo’s
nominated account (Mainagge General
Merchants) in Diamond Bank. After the transfer
of the funds, Nunugwo became evasive forcing
the complainant to report the transaction to the
EFCC.”
“Consequently, Nunugwo was arrested in Utako,
Abuja at about 5:33pm on Thursday, June 9,
2016. His statement was taken, where he
admitted receiving the money from the
complainant, with the additional information that
he transferred N30m of the said money to
Norway.
But he could not explain the whereabouts of the
balance of N61m. “The suspect was detained at
about 7:30pm, in the absence of anybody to take
him on bail.
“Six hours later, he suddenly complained of
discomfort and was rushed to the hospital where
he was pronounced dead.”
Uwujaren said after his arrest, the suspect
confessed to transferring N30 million out of the
money to Norway, but could not account for the
balance. He added that the incident had already
been reported at Wuse police station in Abuja,
where investigation has commenced.