the arraignment of two persons, Isaac Eribadu and Sunday Olaleke, nabbed by the police last week in Ojodu BU/Undertaking for impersonating IKEDC staff and illegally disconnecting/extorting customers for non-payment of bills
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According to the Unit’s spokesperson, Ngozi Isintume-Agu, information was received by the Commissioner of Police, Tunde Ogunsakin, on July 22, 2013 alleging that between May 3 and 22, 2013, a fraudster with phone number 08096897566, opened a Facebook account with the name of HRM Oba Micheal Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, the Alake of Egbaland, and attempted to swindle one Olubukola Awofeso, a UK resident, whom he met on Facebook, of N300,000
The arrest of the policemen, one of who was simply identified as Elijah, came after policemen from the Federal Anti-Robbery Squad had vacated Orimerunmu Village, following claims that the two families in dispute have settled out of court
One of the charges reads: “That you, Joseph Olatunde Badmus and Akeju Isaac Bola sometimes between October 2012 and May 2013 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory falsely pretended to be officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and in such assumed character did attempt to obtain money from various unsuspecting individuals under the colour of such office and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 132 of the Penal Code Cap 532 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (Abuja) 1990