A 27-year-old man, who impersonated the FCT Minister, Malam Mujammed Bello, has been arrested by the the FCT Police Command.
According to reports,the suspected fraudster loot about a sum of N52 million from his victims, promising to award them contracts.
This was disclosed by the FCT Commissioner of Police to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday.
PUNCH, while quoting the FCT Commissioner said;
“The suspect stated that he had access to classified information because he served in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) during his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) attachment.
“We recovered some exhibits including 206 Peugeot with Registration Number ABJ 856 SU, one Tricycle with registration Number KEF 807 WT, one 55″ and 46 inches Samsung Plasma TV and one dining set from Bello.
“Other exhibits recovered are 10,000 watts Fireman Generator set and one Washing Machine Hisense Deep Freezer, which the suspect claimed to have purchased from the money he received,” Ciroma said.
Special Assistant on Media to the Minister, Malam Abubakar Sani has warned member of the public to be wary of dealing with people on social media
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According to him , the FCT Minister does not use his social media pages to attend to official matters. He said that official matters were conducted through official channels
“If anybody contacts you that he has contract or land offers to give you please walk yourselves to the office of the FCT Minister it is open, you can even come to my office I will tell you whether the offer is genuine.
“So we are calling on all Nigerians to be wary of fraudsters like this parading themselves as officials of the FCT to avoid been a victim.”
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