{"id":69513,"date":"2025-07-02T13:34:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69513"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:34:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:34:04","slug":"police-recovers-7000-arrest-suspect-over-fraudulent-sale-of-faulty-g-wagon-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/02\/police-recovers-7000-arrest-suspect-over-fraudulent-sale-of-faulty-g-wagon-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Recovers $7,000, Arrest Suspect Over Fraudulent Sale of Faulty G-Wagon in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The police in Abuja have arrested a suspect over the fraudulent sale of a defective Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon, recovering $7,000 from him in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect allegedly misled a buyer by advertising the luxury vehicle on Facebook, claiming its only issue was a faulty power steering system.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle, listed at \u20a632 million (about $20,000), turned out to have major electrical and mechanical faults.<\/p>\n<p>According to police reports, the complainant inspected the car on June 10 and paid a $7,000 deposit with the agreement that a refund would be made if she opted not to complete the purchase.<\/p>\n<p>However, a subsequent inspection by a certified Mercedes-Benz mechanic revealed significant defects beyond what was disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>When the buyer requested a refund, the suspect refused, stating it would only be possible if another buyer was found.<\/p>\n<p>Following a petition, the Zone 7 Police Command, led by Akinlabi Ogundile, launched an investigation. The suspect was arrested and confessed to the crime.<\/p>\n<p>The $7,000 was successfully recovered, while efforts are ongoing to apprehend his fleeing accomplice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect, who was invited for questioning, confessed during investigation, and a sum of $7,000 was recovered,\u201d the police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have advised the public to exercise caution when purchasing high-value items online and urged anyone with useful information about the fleeing accomplice to come forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke The police in Abuja have arrested a suspect over the fraudulent sale of a defective Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon, recovering $7,000 from him in the process. The suspect allegedly misled a buyer by advertising the luxury vehicle on Facebook, claiming its only issue was a faulty power steering system. The vehicle, listed at \u20a632 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":69514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69515,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69513\/revisions\/69515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}