A suspected fraudster, Ekperebuike
Akadonye, has been arrested by the police for allegedly parading himself
as the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on the Internet.
The 29-year-old suspect, who was
apprehended by the Inspector-General Special Intelligence Response Team,
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.
punch metro gathered that
Akadonpe got Alkahallaf into his trap when he introduced himself as the
IG and promised to help the doctor recover his loses.
