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| Ekperebuike Akadonye |
The 29-year-old suspect, who turned into apprehended via the Inspector-standard unique Intelligence reaction group, additionally allegedly defrauded a Saudi Arabia-based doctor, diagnosed as Hassan Alkahallaf, to the tune of $10,000.
Alkahallaf turned into stated to have in advance been defrauded through Nigerians via the net on two events, whilst efforts to recover the finances had proved abortive.
PUNCH Metro gathered that Akadonpe were given Alkahallaf into his entice whilst he brought himself because the IG and promised to help the physician get better his loses.
He reportedly demanded $10,000 from Alkahallaf to facilitate the legal approaches of the recuperation and the victim was stated to have paid the sum into his (Akadonpe’s) account in instalments.
A police supply told our correspondent that the medical doctor contacted the IG via the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Nigeria after realising that he had been duped again.
“The suspect contacted his victims, inclusive of Hassan (Alkahallaf), who is connected to the branch of Urology, safety Forces medical institution, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, through an e-mail deal with, igofnieria@outlook.com, purportedly belonging to IG Ibrahim Idris.
“He claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari, in his combat towards corruption, had directed the IG to make refunds to sufferers who had been defrauded by Nigerians inside the beyond.
“The medical doctor replied to Akadonye’s emails, believing he turned into the real IG of the Nigeria Police pressure, and he ultimately paid him $10,000 in instalments to get lower back his lost budget. He lied to the doctor that he might use the money to hire a lawyer who would represent him seeing that he wasn’t based in Nigeria,” the supply stated.
any other source said that the IG directed the IG group to move after the suspect after the case was reported via the Saudi Embassy.
It became learnt that sometime in October, the team trailed Akadonye to Imo country, where he hails from and apprehended him.
“A mobile cellphone and a pc he used in sporting out the fraud had been recovered from him. He was additionally found with ATM playing cards and an identification card of a Federal Bureau of investigation officer. he is currently being interrogated through operatives of the IG response group,” the supply stated.
The suspect, in his announcement, allegedly confessed to the fraud, announcing he took to the crime after his shops have been demolished by way of the government.
He said, “i am a dealer and i had shops in Mbano, Imo state. however they have been demolished by way of the government. one of my friends added me to internet fraud. I began via looking for distinguished persons on the net. whilst i found Dr Alkahallaf, he instructed me he had a few budget trapped in Nigeria and he desired to assert them. I supplied myself to him as the IG and informed him the President had mandated me to assist fraudsters’ victims to get back their lost finances. I requested him to pay for a legal professional. He believed and paid me.”
while contacted, the force Public members of the family Officer, ACP Don Awunah, promised to get back to our correspondent with comments
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