A 59-year-old man parading himself as a retired Assistant
Inspector-General of Police at a bank in Kubwa area of Abuja has been
arrested.
The suspect, who was identified as Olawale Olatunji was
arrested with 11 ATM cards and 10 cheque books of different banks,
which he claimed belonged to him.
Parading the suspect in Abuja
on Wednesday, the FCT Commissioner of Police, Bala Ciroma, stated that
Olatunji had posed as an AIG to defraud unsuspecting members of the
public by promising to assist them in getting contracts at the Police
Airwing department.
He said, “On December 10, 2018, Police
operatives from the Command arrested Olatunji who has been parading
himself as a retired AIG.
“The suspect had under the same pretext
defrauded unsuspecting members of the public by offering to help them
secure contracts at the Police Air Wing.
“In the course of the
investigation, fake Police Air Wing receipts, fake contract documents,
11 ATM cards, 10 checkbooks and letter headed papers of different
companies were recovered from him as exhibits.”
He, however, admitted ownership of the exhibits including the fake Police Air Wing receipts, but he denied defrauding people.
“A
pastor introduced me to someone as a retired AIG, but I didn’t defraud
anyone. The ATM cards and checkbooks were for my bank accounts which
were opened for my business with different companies,” he stated.
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