January 04, (THEWILL) – Akwa Ibom Police Command has arrested a notorious fraudster, Mr Imaobong Kelvin Akpan for impersonating the State Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Pst. Umo Eno to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko MacDon disclosed this on Tuesday, while parading the suspect at the Command Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia.
According to MacDon, the suspect who was arrested by the detectives of the General Investigation Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department, was based on a petition to the Deputy Commissioner of Police.
The PPRO noted that aside from impersonating the commissioner through a fake Facebook account, the suspect had defrauded the unsuspecting members of the public.
“The suspect who is a notorious fraudster and sex maniac confessed to have fraudulently created the facebook account.
“He uses the said account to lure innocent and unsuspecting ladies to hotels, have carnal knowledge of them with promise to assist them secure jobs, while defrauding others of various sums of money running into millions.
“He succeeded in luring more than 10 ladies through the fraudulent facebook account and had sexual intercourse with them at various hotels while posing as the Personal Assistant to the Honourable Commissioner. He disclosed further.
Meanwhile, exhibits recovered from the suspect included; two Glo, two Airtel, one MTN sim cards, two phones and seven dollars and five yuan.
The suspect, who confessed to the crime while fielding questions from newsmen, said he does not know what pushed him into such an act.
However, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Andrew Amiengheme has warned fraudsters, imposters as well as those engaging in criminality to henceforth desist from the act, adding that the command would spare no resources in clamping down the perpetrators.
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