The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a suspected fraudster, Mr Imaobong Akpan, for allegedly impersonating the state Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Pastor Umo Eno.
The suspect was apprehended by operatives of the command attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) based on a petition.
Speaking during the parading of the suspect at the command headquarters on Tuesday, Ikot Akpan, the Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko MacDon, said the suspect also defrauded unsuspecting women by offering them fake jobs after having sex with them.
He listed exhibits recovered from him to include five SIM cards, two phones, seven dollars and five yuan.
He said, “The suspect, who is a notorious fraudster and sex maniac, confessed to have fraudulently created the Facebook account.
“He used the said account to lure innocent and unsuspecting ladies to hotels, have carnal knowledge of them with a promise to assist them secure jobs while defrauding others of various sums of money running into millions.
“He succeeded in luring more than 10 ladies through the fraudulent Facebook account and had sexual intercourse with them at various hotels while posing as the personal assistant to the honourable commissioner.”
The suspect, who spoke to newsmen, said he did not know what pushed him into the act.
