Abuja beggar detained after she was caught with N500,000, $100 cash

A beggar, Hadiza Ibrahim, has been arrested after the sum of N500,000 and $100 cash was found on her in Abuja.

According to PUNCH, the discovery threw residents of the area into confusion.

The spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Social and Development Secretariat, Shaka Sunday, who confirmed the incident said that the beggar was in the agency’s custody at the Bwari area council.

He said the suspect had yet to explain how she came about the money found on her.

Sunday said, “We caught the woman with $100 and N500,000.

“The lady is still in our centre in Bwari. She is undergoing profiling because she has not been able to give us all the relevant information and how she came about the money.”