A suspected fraudster, Mr Imaobong Akpan, has been arrested for allegedly impersonating the state Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Pastor Umo Eno.
Akpan was arrested by operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department, following a petition.
Akwa Ibom State Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko MacDon said five SIM cards, two phones, seven dollars and five yuan were recovered from the suspect who also slept with 10 of his female victims whom he offered fake jobs.
MacDon said: “The suspect, who is a notorious fraudster and sex maniac, confessed to have fraudulently created the Facebook account.
“He used the said account to lure innocent and unsuspecting ladies to hotels, have carnal knowledge of them with a promise to assist them secure jobs while defrauding others of various sums of money running into millions.
“He succeeded in luring more than 10 ladies through the fraudulent Facebook account and had sexual intercourse with them at various hotels, while posing as the personal assistant to the honourable commissioner.”
Akpan who has already confessed to the crime, claimed that he did not know what pushed him into the act.
