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For attempting to defraud a serving Commissioner of Police, 52-year-old Tayo Ogunmola, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command.
The suspected fraudster, who is notorious for the act, had attempted to swindle the Commissioner of Police in charge of Ogun State Police Command, CP Bashir Makama, of a huge amount of money.
Trouble for Ogunmola started after he had made a phone call to the CP, pretending to be an old herbalist who mistakenly sent a recharge card pin to the telephone number of the CP.
He had pleaded with the CP for the pin to be sent back to him. The CP, who is familiar with the antics of fraudsters decided to play along with the suspect.
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The Ogun Police boss also sent men of the Intelligence Response Team to technically track and apprehend the suspect.
According to the Ogun Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, a deputy Suprintendent of Police (DSP), “ At a stage, the suspect who was not aware that he was being trailed, was presenting himself to the CP as a Deputy Inspector General of Police, who is ready to assist the CP only if he can part with certain amount of money.
“ He did not know that the person he had been discussing with, is a serving commissioner of police. Luck however ran against him when he was traced to his hideout at Araromi phase II, in Ilogbo area of Ota where he was promptly arrested.
“On interrogation, he confessed been a fraudster who had defrauded many unsuspecting members of the public of money running into millions of naira out of which he built the house he was living in.”
Meanwhile, CP Makama has ordered the monitoring team to properly investigate the suspect, with the view of arresting his other accomplices and arraign them before a court of competent jurisdiction.
