Police arrest ‘ghost’ in Adamawa for allegedly defrauding residents

The Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 59-year-old man, Muhammad Abubakar a.k.a Malam Sabo, who disguises as ghost to defraud members of the public.

The Nigeria Police Force made this known in a statement posted on their verified X handle on Tuesday night.

According to the post, the suspect is said to be an habitual 419 who specialises in defrauding Members of the public in a disguised manner.

“Mostly, the suspect hides his identity, pretending to be a Ghost, talking to his Victims with different voices.

“The suspect, at times changes his voice sound to that of a woman or a child to dupe his victims.

“Recently he tricked and duped one Abba Bale of Demsawo of the sum of three Hundred thousand (N300,000.00)”, the statement added.

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