A 52 years old man, Samsom Ibiloma has been arrested by Delta State Police Command for allegedly impersonating the secretary to government of the state.
It was gathered that multiple complaint has been received from victims about the suspected fraudster impersonating the secretary to State government of Delta State, promising to give jobs to innocent members of the public in the state.
The Command Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) DSP Bright Edafe in a statement yesterday said after receiving a petition about the fraudster, the Commissioner of Police, CP Wale Abass ordered his men to go after him before he was arrested.
Edafe said the suspect had been operating under a fake name of Hon. Kingsley Emu, the Secretary to the Delta State Government, and defrauding unsuspecting victims seeking jobs of millions of Naira.
He said: “After month of monitoring decoy squad from the command led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police,
ASP Julius Robinson stormed walter Odili Area by Enerhen Junction in Warri and arrested of the suspect a native of Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State but resides in Warri, part of the state.”
During interrogation the suspect confessed of impersonating the SSG, he also admitted he had so far defrauded collected over ten million naira from the victims. While he identified one Stephen Odeemero, as the one who mastermind the crime.
Meanwhile, The CP, calls on the residents who have fallen victim to the fraudulent should visit the command headquarters.
“The suspect is presently in our custody and effort was ongoing to arrest other fleeing members of the syndicate of the fraudster.”
