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An ex-convict, Surajudeen Adeleke Balogun has been arrested by men of the Ogun State police command for impersonating an Ogun State Director of Finance on Facebook.
The suspect, a fashion designer from Ijebu Ode in Ogun State posed on Facebook as a staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) staff with the picture of the said Finance Director through which he has been defrauding unsuspecting members of the public.
According to Ogun State Public Relations officer, ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the 46 year-old suspect had earlier been arrested for similar offence when he duped one Bimpe Akinmade of N950,000 having claimed to be an NNPC staff based in Port Harcourt. He cajoled the woman to borrow him the said amount to secure the release of his brother who is being detained at Ibara prison with the promise to refund her when he comes back to Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
He came to meet the victim under the presence of running an errand for the Port Harcourt-based man, collected the money and blocked the woman on his Facebook page. We also provide detailed info about how to use our online casino Try different slots games and hit the jackpot. clickmiamibeach.com platform and help is at hand should you need it.
He was later traced and arrested by the police, charged to court and sentenced to prison.
“As soon as he came out of prison, he started his nefarious activities again. Luck ran against him when he was trying to defraud another woman on Facebook under the same guise unknown to him that the woman is a police officer.
“The officer played along with him until Saturday 17th when he was arrested while trying to collect money from the woman.
On interrogation, he owned up to the commission of the crime, he informed the police that he downloaded the picture of the finance director and use it as his DP in order to deceive his victims” Oyeyemi said.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered that the case be thoroughly investigated and charged to court as soon as possible. He appealed to members of public to beware of fraudsters on the social media.
