When Hunter Becomes Hunted: Woman Swindles Ex-Police PRO, Ngozi Braide of ₦3.7m

When Hunter Becomes Hunted: Woman  Swindles Ex-Police PRO, Ngozi Braide of ₦3.7m

In an episode that should be titled ‘Irony of Ironies,’ a former police spokesperson in Lagos was recently robbed of about 3.7 million. It was not at gunpoint, nor the charming command of other-natural powers, but the accused lady allegedly made off with her things.

The Ogba Magistrates Court in Lagos has been visited with a case of fraud and theft that sent tongues wagging. The suspect in the case, Chinyere Livina Awuru, had pleaded not guilty to the charge of fraud levelled against her by CSP Ngozi Braide.

According to reports, Awuru had somehow met the CSP at Vadang Beauty & Cosmetics Store, Maryland, Lagos, and then proceeded to pluck goods worth 3,700,000 from her. The reaction of Braide was captured — shock, heart-stopping shock — but not the transaction that led to the clearing out of her millions.

The reports further alleged that the goods belonging to —but had changed ownership from — Braide included women’s hair worth 1.1 million, a wristwatch (or wristwatches) worth 1.6 million, and other men’s accessories worth 1 million—making 3.7 million.

Folks that keep up with the times will be no strangers to Madam Braide, who has always been hailed as a book-smart and street-smart spokesperson for the police. She also had a reputation for being a no-nonsense person. Nevertheless, Braide served Nigeria and Lagos in her capacity as a policewoman since she reportedly signed up to be a cadet inspector at age 19 and wowed the Nigerian Police Academy authorities in Wudil, Kano.

Braide came into public scrutiny in 2012 following her appointment as police spokesperson in Lagos in 2012, the first woman to be so appointed.

This is the same policewoman whose driver allegedly robbed her of 10 million sometime in 2018. And now some else wants to repeat history. It calls to mind the verse of British poet Rudyard Kipling: “Remember the wolf is a hunter—go forth and get food of thine own.”
Nevertheless, the case with Miss Chinyere Livina Awuru is still pending, as the police are reportedly turning their investigative gears to prove the guilt of the accused.

Related Articles