. Baba, IGP
A serial fraudster who specializes in impersonating Legal practitioners and Senior Law enforcement Officers to defraud unsuspecting members of the public has now been arrested by the Police in Abuja.
A statement released by DSP Josephine Adeh, the spokesperson of the FCT police command, says the suspected fraudster was arrested following a series of petitions and reports at various formations and units of the Police command about the suspect’s nefarious activities.
the Imposter, Olakunle Adesola, a 61 year old resident of Libertystate by Spring Road, AMAC Abuja, was finally arrested on Sunday, November 20 2022 by the command’s intelligence asset attached to the Anti-violence Crime section of the State Criminal investigations Department (SCID ) at Our Lady Queen of Cathedral Church Area III where scores of unsuspecting worshippers have reportedly been defrauded.
According to the police, the suspect’s modus operandi is to impersonate a senior Police Officer between the ranks of Commissioner and Assistant Inspector General of Police, top-ranking EFCC officials or a legal practitioner who owns a law firm by the name Dr.Kunle Adeshola & Associate and through this ploy, he has successfully defrauded many to the tone of about Ten Million naira (10,000,000).
The suspects when interviewed, confessed to having been a perpetrator of this criminal enterprises as far back as the year 1980.
Upon his arrest, several forged documents, unissued Police gear, tear gas canisters and forged academic documents from various learning institutions were recovered in possession of the suspect.”
Adeh added that while discrete investigation and effort to apprehend co-perpetrators of this criminal enterprise are ongoing, the Commissioner of Police FCT Command CP Babaji Sunday has warned members of the public to be weary of such unscrupulous elements who parade themselves in such manner to defraud members of the public.”
”The CP also wishes to reaffirm the Command’s commitment to bringing crime and criminality in all its forms and expression to the barest minimum.
While painstaking effort is being deployed to ensure the above, members of the public are therefore urged to maintain vigilance and report suspicious activities to the police through the following emergency numbers: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883, while the Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) desk, could be reached at 0902 222 2352” the statemeny further read
Source: Linda Ikeji
