The Oyo State Police Command has
arrested 62-year-old Babatunde Idris for parading himself as a colonel in
the
nigerian army and using a fake identity to defraud one Yinusa Mustapha of the
sum of N40m.
The state Commissioner of Police,
Leye Oyebade, said Idris was arrested after a petition was filed against him.
He said, “Following a petition
received alleging the fraudulent activities of Idris, the command’s
Anti-kidnapping Squad swung into action and arrested the suspect, who until his
arrest had fraudulently obtained various sums of money from his victims.”
Oyebade added that the suspect
promised his last victim, Mustapha, that he would help him to get a certificate
for oil importation since 2012, but failed to complete the deal after the money
was paid into his account.
“The suspect forged various
letterheads of the nigerian army which he issued to unsuspecting individuals
and corporate organisations soliciting assistance. He also had multiple
identities under fake names all bearing the status of a colonel,” the
commissioner added.
The suspect said he collected the
money from his victim in installments, but denied that the money was up to
N40m.
He said, “I collected N16m from him
claiming to be a colonel in the army. I signed the form, but truly I am not a
military man. One of my brothers is a general in the army. One day, he gave me
a letter to help somebody, so I made a copy of it.
“Mustapha wanted me to help him to
collect certificate of oil lifting and because I knew people who could do it, I
took the money from him, but the deal failed.”
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