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The FCT Police Command has arrested six suspects allegedly involved in selling all ready registered SIM cards to criminals, an offence it described as a breach of national security.
The suspects, identified as Ndubuisi Okeh, John Jock, Nafiu Tijani, Nasiru Sulaiman, John Njoku, and Suleiman Musa, were arrested on May 29, 2024, by a team of detectives from the State Intelligence Department (SID) led by Mohammed Baba.
Over 1,100 already registered SIM cards, three registration machines, and other gadgets were recovered from the suspects.
The SIM cards were sold to criminals at a price rate of between N3,000 and N5,000 each, compromising national security and facilitating criminal activities such as fraud and terrorism.
The police investigation revealed that the suspects exploited the vulnerabilities in the SIM card registration process, highlighting a significant weakness in the country’s telecommunications infrastructure.
