29 year-old impersonates IG Idris, defrauds Saudi doctor off $10,000
Ekperebuike Akadonye, has been arrested for parading himself as the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on the Internet.
The 29-year-old, also allegedly defrauded a Saudi Arabia-based doctor, identified as Hassan Alkahallaf, to the tune of $10,000.
Alkahallaf was said to have earlier been defrauded by Nigerians via the Internet on two occasions, while efforts to recover the funds had proved abortive.
Akadonye got Alkahallaf into his trap when he introduced himself as the IG and promised to help the doctor recover his loses.
He reportedly demanded $10,000 from Alkahallaf to facilitate the legal processes of the recovery and the victim was said to have paid the sum into his (Akadonpe’s) account in instalments.
The suspect, in his statement, confessed to the fraud, saying he took to the crime after his shops were demolished by the government.
He said, “I am a trader and I had shops in Mbano, Imo State. But they were demolished by the government. One of my friends introduced me to Internet fraud. I started by searching for prominent persons on the Internet. When I found Dr Alkahallaf, he told me he had some funds trapped in Nigeria and he wanted to claim them. I presented myself to him as the IG and told him the President had mandated me to assist fraudsters’ victims to get back their lost funds. I asked him to pay for a lawyer. He believed and paid me.”
A police source told our correspondent that the doctor contacted the IG through the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Nigeria after realising that he had been duped again.
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