Police in Delta state have arrested a fraudster impersonating a high-ranking government official in the state
The suspect, identified as Samson Ibiloma, has been allegedly scamming Nigerians using false promises of job opportunities
According to the police, Ibiloma operates by mimicking the Delta state government secretary, Kingsley Emu, and has so far scammed people to the tune of over N10 million
The state police spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe, made this known in a statement shared on his X page (formerly Twitter).
According to Edafe, the suspect identified simply as Samson Ibiloma scammed Nigerians using job vacancies.
Confirming his arrest by the command’s decoy squad, DSP Edafe tweeted: “The suspect Samson Ibiloma is a suspected fraudster who swindles people of their money in the guise of giving them jobs.
He was impersonating the secretary to the Delta State Government Hon Kingsley Emu.
He registered a sim card, used True Caller to change the name to Hon Kingsley Emu, and then opened a WhatsApp page, used the picture of the SSG as DP.
He has so far scammed his victims over Ten Million naira (#10,000,000). Acting on technically generated intelligence, he was arrested by the Command’s Decoy squad.”
