Ex-convict nabbed for same crime in Ogun

A 46-year-old ex-convict has been arrested by the police for allegedly impersonating an Ogun state director of finance on Facebook. It was gathered that Surajudeen Adeleke Balogun had earlier been arrested and convicted for same offense when he duped, one, Bimpe Akinmade of N950,000 few years ago. The Ogun State Police Command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi […]

A 46-year-old ex-convict has been arrested by the police for allegedly impersonating an Ogun state director of finance on Facebook.

It was gathered that Surajudeen Adeleke Balogun had earlier been arrested and convicted for same offense when he duped, one, Bimpe Akinmade of N950,000 few years ago.

The Ogun State Police Command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi said during his first case, the ex-convict had claimed to be an NNPC staff based in Port Harcourt and that the woman should borrow him the said amount to secure the release of his brother who was being detained at Ibara prison with the promise to refund her when he comes back to Abeokuta. 

“He came to meet the victim under the pretence of running an errand for the Port Harcourt based man, collected the money and blocked the woman on his Facebook page. 

“He was later traced and arrested by the police, charged to court and sentenced to prison. As soon as he came out of prison, he started his nefarious activities again.”

Oyeyemi said this time, Adeleke, a fashion designer from Ijebu Ode, also did posed on Facebook as an NNPC staff with the picture of the said Finance Director through which he has been defrauding unsuspecting members of the public.

“Luck ran against him when he was trying to defraud another woman under the same guise unknown to him that the woman is a police officer. 

“The officer played along with him until Saturday 17th when he was arrested when trying to collect money from the woman,” he said.