Fake police officer who duped Senator of N1.6m arrested - Daily Post Nigeria

The Zamfara State Police Command on Wednesday said it has arrested a suspect parading himself as Mr Usman Nagogo, the State Commissioner of Police.

Shehu said the command received a report on the matter by the Senator on Sept. 1 that he received an SMS from unknown person claiming to be Nagogo, NAN reports. “The Senator directed his Personal Assistant to call the person, collect his account details and credit the sum of 200,000 to his account as Sallah gift.

According to the PPRO, the Senator then directed his Personal Assistant to transfer the sum of N1.6 million to the “Commissioner of Police.““The suspect was tracked and apprehended through his GSM number by detectives in Gusau and during the interrogation the suspect confessed to all the allegations.

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