May 28, 2026
By Kingsley Omonobi
ABUJA — Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre, NPF-NCCC, have arrested a mother and her daughter over their alleged involvement in a romance scam that reportedly defrauded a Malta-based victim of more than N18 million.
The police said the arrests followed investigations into allegations of computer-related fraud, identity theft, and money laundering arising from an intelligence report received from the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU.
In a statement issued by the Acting Police Public Liaison Officer, DSP Uwana Imah, the police identified the suspects as 39-year-old Urowhe Diana and her 22-year-old daughter, Rokibat Oluwasheyi Imoru.
