{"id":162722,"date":"2022-03-16T13:27:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T12:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=162722"},"modified":"2022-03-16T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T12:27:33","slug":"nigerian-arrested-in-south-africa-for-posing-as-cop-trying-to-extort-%e2%82%a68-2m-from-refugee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/16\/nigerian-arrested-in-south-africa-for-posing-as-cop-trying-to-extort-%e2%82%a68-2m-from-refugee\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian arrested in South Africa for posing as cop, trying to extort \u20a68.2m from refugee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 42-year-old Nigerian, Stanley Ewulu and his 38-year-old South African accomplice, Peter Molomo, have been charged to court for posing as Hawks and attempting to extort a refugee.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/20\/fbi-hawks-bust-nigerian-crime-syndicate-in-south-africa-arrest-eight-for-fraud-online-dating-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hawks<\/a> are the South African Police Services\u2019 Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), which targets organised crime, economic crime, corruption, and other serious crime referred to it by the South African Police Service (SAPS).<\/p>\n<p>Ewulu, based in Sandton, and Molomo, from Pretoria West, appeared at the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court this week facing charges of extortion and corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/16\/south-africa-police-seize-drugs-worth-over-n19m-from-two-nigerians-found-hiding-in-neighbours-ceiling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigerian<\/a> national will even face a further charge of being in South Africa illegally.<\/p>\n<p>The North Gauteng regional spokesperson for the Director of Public Prosecutions, Lumka Mahanjana, said;\u00a0 \u201cIt is alleged that the pair approached the complainant, introduced themselves as Hawks investigators from the Pretoria office and demanded R300,000 (about \u20a68,224,212) in order to destroy a case docket that was opened against him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey also promised to hand over a vehicle that belonged to the complainant, as well as his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/16\/nigerian-and-iraqi-men-arrested-for-gang-raping-18-year-old-ukrainian-refugee-fleeing-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refugee<\/a> documents that were confiscated by the Sunnyside police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to IOL South Africa, problems started for Ewulu and Molomo after the complainant reported the matter to the Hawks serious corruption investigation unit in Germiston.<\/p>\n<p>An entrapment operation was set up and the two were arrested last week at Time Square in Menlyn, east of Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p>The matter was postponed to March 22, for further investigations and possible bail applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 42-year-old Nigerian, Stanley Ewulu and his 38-year-old South African accomplice, Peter Molomo, have been charged to court for posing as Hawks and attempting to extort a refugee. 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