Fifty-five-year-old Oluwole Akande who has been masquerading as the Commissioner of Police in charge of Railway Command, Oluwole Akande, has revealed that he did it to defraud an 80-year-old businessman of N250 million naira.
The suspect contacted the businessman identified simply as Chief Ogunefo, introduced himself as CP Longe, and informed him that there was a petition against him at the command.
The petition, according to him, alleged that Chief Ogunefo was involved in an illegal business and that he was a cultist. He thereafter, demanded N250 million from him to thrash the matter.
During the telephone conversation, he told the octogenarian that the money would be shared among top police officers of the ranks of Deputy Inspector-General of Police and Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG.
Vanguard was informed that in fear, the victim sold two of his houses to make an initial payment of N150 million. He was reportedly on the verge of selling one of his filling stations when his wife intervened.
She reportedly alerted CP Frank Mba on the blackmail by the supposed CP Railway.
A surprised Mba contacted the CP Railway Command, Yetunde Longe to confirm the allegation, only to discover that the suspect was an impostor.
Vanguard on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, gathered that the suspect was traced to the Ojokoro area of Lagos via his telephone conversations with the victim.
During interrogation, he said, “ I do not know CP Longe. I only came across her name in the papers when she was promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police the same day with her husband.
“I impersonated her because I wanted to ‘obtain’ the money from Chief Ogunefo, by lying that he was implicated in the imaginary petition. I thought he would release it immediately so I called him. I told him I would drop the petition if he paid. He didn’t even bargain and I didn’t believe it would backfire.
“I used two sim cards to call him and I also sent him several text messages”
When contacted, CP Yetunde Longe said the suspect was arrested by detectives of the State Criminal Investigation Department. She added that the suspect was charged to court today.
Gruesome: ‘I hit her with a pestle’ – Confessions Of Suspect Accused Of Killing Girlfriend (PICTURED)
Operatives of the Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT, have arrested a 31-year-old man who allegedly killed his lover, 48-year-old Ijeoma Phyllis in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The suspect, paraded at the IRT Office in Abuja on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, confessed to having hit the victim with a pestle during an allegedly violent argument at her two-bedroom residence in the Lugbe area of the FCT on October 24.
After hitting her, the suspect said he took the Toyota Camry belonging to the deceased, along with her phone and some other belongings before leaving the house. He added that he was arrested on November 2 after changing the car documents of the Camry and selling it for N1.7 million.
Recounting his version of the events that led to Ijeoma’s death, he told journalists both he and Ijeoma had an argument over a Toyota Highlander she had given him, which he sold without her consent.
The suspect said he met the deceased in a Facebook group in 2020, adding that their relationship started on a good note, which led to him moving into her apartment. He claimed that the relationship turned abusive with him being the victim.
The victim’s elder sister told journalists how she learnt of the death of her sister, Ijeoma Phyllis after her gruesome killing on October 24 at her residence.
She stated that she received a call from the caretaker of the property where her late sister’s apartment resided, informing her that Ijeoma had not been seen for days and that she might be seriously ill. Upon her arrival at the residence, she said there was a foul odour but that her car was nowhere in sight.
After learning that a report had been made at Lugbe Police Station, she went there but was asked to return the following day as the investigating police officer (IPO) was not on duty.
“The next day, we went there (Lugbe Police Station). Then we were able to meet the IPO. They had already made arrangements for the environmental (agency). We were even at that police station when the environmental people came. All of us went to the compound.
“They went in; they brought out my sister, wrapped in her centre rug. She was smelling already. That means the smell I was perceiving (the day before) was my sister. She had been there for days, smelling! That was how we took her to Gwagwalada Hospital and deposited the body.
“The car was not there. The telly was not there. The phones were not there. But you could see the charging things there. And they told me that the guy in question was the last person that came that Monday (to her apartment) and they didn’t see when he left and the car had not been there since he left,” she said, adding that the family wants justice.
Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer, said the arrest of the suspect followed the directive of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba to fish out the culprit and to ensure no stone is left unturned in dealing with criminal elements.
Adejobi stated that the investigation is still ongoing and warned the public to be cautious about their activities on social media.
Source: Vanguard
