Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department have apprehended a suspected fraudster, Mr Imaobong Akpan, for allegedly impersonating the state Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Pastor Umo Eno.
This was disclosed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko MacDon, while parading the suspect at the command headquarters, Ikot Akpan, on Tuesday. He explained that the suspect was arrested based on a petition.
Items recovered from the suspect include five SIM cards, two phones, seven dollars and five yuan.
MacDon explained that the suspect had impersonated the commissioner on Facebook and defrauded unsuspecting members of the public, especially women. Promising women fake jobs, he had got them to have sex with him.
He said, “The suspect, who is a notorious fraudster and sex maniac, confessed to have fraudulently created the Facebook account.
“He used the said account to lure innocent and unsuspecting ladies to hotels, have carnal knowledge of them with a 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.”
The suspect admitted committing the crime but said he didn’t know what pushed him into the act.
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