Man impersonates the inspector-General of police, defrauds saudi doctor of $10,000

Ekperebuike Akadonye, 29, has been arrested
by the police for allegedly parading himself as
the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris,
on the Internet and defrauding a Saudi Arabia-
based doctor, Hassan Alkahallaf, to the tune of
$10,000.
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Alkahallaf was said to have earlier been
defrauded by Nigerians via the Internet on two
occasions, while efforts to recover the funds
had proved abortive. Akadonpe trapped him
by introducing himself as the IG and promised
to help him recover his loses.
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He reportedly demanded $10,000 from
Alkahallaf to facilitate the legal processes of
the recovery and the victim was said to have
paid the sum into his (Akadonpe’s) account in
instalments.
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The doctor contacted the IG through the Saudi
Arabian Embassy in Nigeria after realising that
he had been duped again. .
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A police source said: “Akadonpe contacted his
victims, including Hassan (Alkahallaf), who is
attached to the Department of Urology,
Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
via an email address, igofnieria@outlook.com,
purportedly belonging to IG Ibrahim Idris.
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He claimed that Pres. Buhari, in his fight
against corruption, had directed the IG to
make refunds to victims who had been
defrauded by Nigerians in the past." Police
trailed Akadonye to Imo State, where he hails
from, and apprehended him.
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The suspect, in his statement, said, “I am a
trader and I had shops in Mbano, Imo State.
But they were demolished by the government.
One of my friends introduced me to Internet
fraud." Crdt: Punchng