The Police have arrested notorious fraudsters impersonating prominent politicians including the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, Senate President, Bukola Saraki and National leader of APC, Bola Tinubu and Petroleum Minister, Ibe Kachikwu to dupe them of huge sums of money.
The fraudsters who were picked-up up by the IGP Intelligence Response team led by ACP Abba Kyari, after painstaking surveillance and tracking, have arrested the culprits.
Parading the suspects at Force headquarters, Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Jimoh Moshood said, “On 28, February, 2017, the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT), cracked and arrested notorious suspected criminals who posed as chief of staff to President, Senate President, National Security Adviser to President, Minister of petroleum, Minister of Finance, Minister of Transport, Chief Bola Tinubu, and many other prominent Nigerians.
“In a coordinated operation in synergy with the Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU), after a painstaking and sustained surveillance by IRT the above mentioned suspects were arrested.
“The four man syndicate are led by one High Chief Ovie Ogo (Eze Ireoma of Omoku-Rivers state) was arrested in a Hotel in Kaduna State.
Moshood said, “High Chief Ovie Ogo (Eze Ireoma of Omoku-Rivers state) 47yrs is a native of Omoku Rivers State who impersonates Prominent Citizens from the South-South and South East.
“Abdulazeez Eragbe 40yrs impersonates prominent citizens from the North, born and brought up in Kaduna speaks Hausa fluently.
“Babatunde Oshamoto 49yrs impersonates prominent citizens from the South West and North Central.
“Samuel Idah 25yrs who supplies them with Sim cards registered with the names of the prominent Citizens.
“All the suspects confessed to the crime admitting to have impersonated several prominent citizens and made over Twenty Million Naira (₦20,000,000) from their Criminal acts within the last six (6) months before they were arrested:
“Chief Ovie Ogo further confessed that he posed as the National Security Adviser and collected ₦13million from a Ghanaian who wants to get an Oil block in Nigeria.
“The gang also posed as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and collected ₦4million from a man name withheld, who is seeking for Federal appointment.
“They equally posed as Chief of Staff to the President and collected ₦2,5million from another individual, who is looking for contract.
“The suspects again posed as the Chief of Staff to president and collected ₦700,000 from one young man name withheld, who is also seeking for Federal appointment.
Moshood added that, “Investigation is being intensified to arrest the other suspects at large while those arrested will be charged to court on completion of investigation.”
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