Police Arrest 61 Years Old Fake AIG

Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested a serial fraudster who allegedly specialises in impersonating legal practitioners and senior law enforcement officers to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.

The federal Capital Territory (FCT) police spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh, said the arrest followed a series of petitions and reports at various formations/ units of the police command, that the imposter, one Olakunle Adesola, a 61-year-old resident of Liberty Estate by Spring Road, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) was claiming to be an assistant inspector-general of police (AIG.

The police said the suspect was arrested on Sunday, November 20, 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 had reportedly been defrauded.

The police said, "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 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials, and/or a legal practitioner who owns a law firm by the name Dr. Kunle Adeshola & Associate and he has successfully defrauded many to the tone of about N10 million.

"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."