The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a 61-year-old serial fraudster, Olakunle Adesola, who specializes in impersonating Legal practitioners and Senior Law enforcement Officers to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
The Command Spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh said the suspect allegedly defrauded many people of about N10 million after claiming to be an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) and impersonating legal practitioners and senior law enforcement officers.
“Following a series of petitions and reports at various formations/units of the Police Command, the Imposter, one Olakunle Adesola, a 61 years old resident of Liberty Estate by Spring road AMAC Abuja, was finally arrested on Sunday 20th November 2022 by the command’s intelligence asset attached to the Anti-violence Crime section of the State Criminal investigations department (SCID ) at Our Lady Queen of Cathedral Church Area III where scores of unsuspecting worshippers have reportedly been defrauded.
“The suspect’s modus operandi is to impersonate a senior Police Officer between the ranks of Commissioner and Assistant Inspector General of Police, top-ranking EFCC officials, or a legal practitioner who owns a law firm by the name Dr.Kunle Adeshola & Associate and he has successfully defrauded many to the tune of about N10,000,000.
“The suspects when interviewed confessed to having been a perpetrator of this criminal enterprise as far back as the year 1980.
Upon the arrest, several forged documents, unissued police gear, Tear gases and forged academic documents from various learning institutions were recovered in possession of the suspect,” PPRO stated.
While discrete investigation and effort to apprehend co-perpetrators of this criminal enterprise are ongoing, the Commissioner of Police FCT Command CP Babaji Sunday stated that the suspect has absolutely no past or present affiliation with the Police in status or otherwise and at any level.
“Members of the public are therefore advised to be weary of such unscrupulous elements who parade themselves in such manner as the above or any other in other to defraud members of the public.
“The CP also reaffirmed the Command’s commitment to bringing crime and criminality in all its forms and expression to the barest minimum. While painstaking effort is being deployed to ensure the above
“Members of the public are therefore urged to maintain vigilance and report suspicious activities to the police through the following emergency numbers: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883, while the Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) desk, could be reached at 0902 222 2352” she said.
KanyiDaily had also reported how the police arrested a fake Nigerian Army Captain, Andy Teddy Edwards, aged 39 for alleged armed robbery in Lagos State.
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