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Tinubu impersonator arrested, paraded in Lagos

News Express |14th May 2015 | 4,615
Tinubu impersonator arrested, paraded in Lagos

The police in Lagos have arrested a 19-year-old Student of Delta State Polytechnic, Emmanuel Eto, for allegedly defrauding victimsthrough internet while posing as former Lagos State governor and leader of APC party, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

He was arrested by the operatives of the State investigation Bureau of Lagos State police headquarters when he attempted to defraud a fourth victim in Lagos having successfully defrauded three.

He was paraded on Wednesday by the commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Kayode Aderanti, who said thatabout three weeks hereceivedcomplaintfrom a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Rahmam Akano that someone was impersonating a renownedsenator on social media and defrauding unsuspecting victims.

He immediately directed the OC State investigation Bureau (SCIB), SP Ameh Akpa Veronica to investigate the case. SP Ameh Akpa Veronica immediately led a team of detectives who traced the suspect to Delta State where he was eventually apprehended.

Eto confessed to be an ND 2 student of Delta State Polytechnic Oghara saying he created a facebook account with the politician’s name which he used to lure his victims with a job offer.

It was learnt that he succeed in defrauding three persons before his arrest using a UBA account before he met his waterloo while attempting to defraud the fourth victim.

Adapted from Daily Independent. Photo shows Eto.


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