Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it has arrested a notorious fraudster, Imaobong Kelvin Akpan who has been impersonating the Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Pastor Umo Eno, through a fraudulent Facebook account with the username “Umo Eno”.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Odiko MacDon, who disclosed this while parading Akpan alongside six murder suspects yesterday, at the police headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo, said the fraudster was arrested on December 14, 2021, by the investigation unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID).
MacDon also disclosed that the fraudster who is also a sex maniac uses the said Facebook account to lure innocent and unsuspecting ladies to hotels, have carnal knowledge of them with a promise to assist them secure jobs.
He stated, “On 1 4/12/2021 at about 11:00 am, based on a petition to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, detectives of the General Investigation Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Uyo arrested one Imaobong Kelvin Akpan of No. 47 Akpasak Estate, Off Oron Road, Uyo.
The said Imaobong Kelvin has been impersonating the Honourable Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Pastor Umo Eno through a fraudulent Facebook account with username “Umo Eno”.
“He further used the Commissioner’s photograph as profile picture. The suspect who is a notorious fraudster and sex maniac confessed to have fraudulently created the Facebook account.
He uses the said account to lure innocent and unsuspecting ladies to hotels, have carnal knowledge of them with promise to assist them secure jobs while defrauding others of various sums of money running into millions.
The PPRO listed the exhibits recovered from the suspect to include, two Glo, two Airtel and one MTN SIM cards that he uses interchangeably to contact his victims as well as two phones, seven dollars and five yuan.
