The four suspects arrested by NSCDC officials.

The Lagos State Command, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, on Monday, paraded four suspects arrested for various offenses that had debilitating effects on their unsuspecting victims.

One of the paraded suspects, Olamilekan Olowookere, male, 29, from Osun State, specialised in the deliberate vandalization of a truck he was employed to drive.

Olowookere was arrested around the Guinness axis of Ikeja last Monday, January 27, 2025, at about 0900hrs, alongside two others: Abba Idris (a scrap dealer), 28, Kano State and Ejitunde Wasiu (vulcanizer), 48, Osun State, by the patrol team of the Command for vandalizing and dismembering the truck he was employed to drive but later found to have sold the parts as scraps to his potential buyers.

In another development, the State Commandant also paraded one Ahmed Hamisu, 28, Adamawa State, who has mastered the act of operating fake payment receipts for online purchases to scam and inflict hardship upon unsuspecting victims and general members of the public.

Upon receiving the first complaints from two direct victims (names withheld) of the above online payment scams by Hamisu and his group, the Command immediately deployed operatives who later got Hamisu apprehended on Sunday, January 24, 2025, at about 4 pm, at Orege Road, Ajegunle, Ajeromi-Ifelodun.

However, men of the NSCDC are currently on the trail of Yinusa, Mohammed and some other members of the group who were still at large at press time.

The Lagos State Commandant, Mr. Adedotun Keshinro, while addressing Journalists on Monday at the Command’s Headquarters, Alausa, Ikeja, said that investigation revealed that the suspects often used fake alerts to defraud business owners, intimidate, impersonate with army camouflage uniforms and berets using multiple phone numbers to communicate with their victims.

The phone lines are: 07061467078, 09027162617, 8142648467, 08024686757, 07087007106, 07042963628.

Kenshiro, therefore, urged the general public to be aware of the nefarious activities of online scammers.

He cautioned citizens to desist from transacting businesses with people they have no relationship with, as this might eventually have adverse effects on them.

Keshinro also warned vandals to desist from their evil acts, as the law’s long arms would catch up with them sooner or later.