Photo: Man arrested for impersonating Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal
A 50-year old man
identified as Bello Abdullahi was on Wednesday, July 21, arrested by the Sokoto
State Police Command and operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence
Corps for allegedly impersonating Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri
Tambuwal
Parading the suspect
before news men in Sokoto on Thursday, the Commandant of NSCDC, Mr
Babangida Dutsin-Ma, said the Abdullahi was arrested after extorting N20,000
from an Islamic Cleric.
According to the
commandant, the suspect, claiming to be Gov. Tambuwal, had called the
unsuspecting cleric that he would be included in a high powered proposed State
Committee on Religious Affairs. He asked the victim to provide N20,000, for the
provision of a certificate to qualify him for the membership of the proposed
committee.
"He also called his
victim, asking for another N 5,000 for registration and eventual inclusion in
the proposed faked committee. So, it was at that time that the victim became
suspicious, reported the matter to us and we swung into action.'' Dutsin-Ma.
The suspect had sent
another person to collect the initial N20,000 and that was when he was
arrested, added the commandant.
"It was after the
arrest of the errand man that he led us to where the fake Gov. Tambuwal was
domiciled. We immediately arrested him, and we will charge him to court after
the conclusion of our investigations."
Source: Hajiya Maryam
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