Fake Army General Dupes Governor

Operatives of International Criminal Police Organization, INTERPOL, at the Nigerian Police Force, Force CID, Alagbon Close, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested Tope Fagun, 39, for allegedly posing as Major General Emmanuel Abisoye (retd)., to obtain the sum of $50,000 from the Governor of Adamawa State, northeast Nigeria, Muritala Nyako under false pretence that he was admitted in a London hospital.

Also arrested with the fake army general was his accomplice identified as Rotimi Akinade, 29.

After the investigation of the matter, the two suspects were arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, on a six-count charge of felony to wit, stealing.

The police prosecutor, DSP Raymond Odion Akhaine, told the court that the first accused, Tope Fagun, sometime in 2011 phoned the Governor of Adamawa State, Muritala Nyako, and introduced himself to him as Major General Emmanuel Abisoye (retd.), that he needed his help financially to offset his hospital bill at Queen Elizabeth Hospital London, where he was receiving treatment for undisclosed ailment, a claim he knew to be false.

He stated that believing that the caller was actually Major General Emmanuel Abisoye, the Governor sent the sum of $35,000 equivalent to N5m and $15,000 equivalent to N2.7m to the fake Major General.