Police arrest fake ICPC official in Ilorin

Date: 2017-01-25

The police in Kwara State have arrested a 37-year-old man, Owolabi Victor, over advance fee fraud allegations.

Victor was arrested for allegedly parading himself as a staff of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Offences Commission. According to the police, the suspect, with the intent of defrauding the management of Queen Elizabeth Secondary School in Ilorin, falsely paraded himself as an audit staff of the ICPC.

Owolabi, it was learnt served the school with a letter in which it was alleged that the management was involved in corrupt practices.

The suspect had approached the management and accused it of mismanaging funds, claiming that the state Commissioner of Education, Dr. Ahmed Aminat, had been informed of the development.

"It was later discovered that the letter head of the agency was forged and the school informed the Ministry of Education of the development. The school then invited the fake ICPC officer over and with the assistance of security agents he was arrested and handed over to the police for further investigation," a source said.

Confirming the suspect's arrest, the state Commissioner of Police, Olusola Amore, said, "The printer, who forged the ICPC identity card and letter head has also been arrested".

The suspect, however, blamed the "harsh economic situation" for the crime, adding that he's actually a first time offender as that was his first attempt at committing fraud.

"I was jobless and I have to cater for my family. That's why I made an attempt and it's my first attempt at crime. I worked as a tutorial teacher in Omu- Aran but had to quit because of irregularity in salary payment.

"I relocated to Ilorin last December. I didn't have anything doing; so, I decided to impersonate ICPC staff.

I went to the school to inform them of an account auditing exercise, hoping that they would beg me not to expose any fraud and be given bribe.

I was later invited to come for the auditing, not knowing that it was a set up, and I was arrested. I graduated from Offa Polytechnic, where I studied Business Administration," Victor added.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Kwara State Governor     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     VADA     Voices Of Tomorrow     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Mohammed Haruna     Isiaka Gold     Bayo Onimago     Isiaka Oniwa     ASKOMP     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Lithium     Siraj Oyewale     Kumbi Titiloye     Ibrahim Oniye     IHS     Tunji Olawuyi     FERMA     Sherif Shagaya     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Jimoh Bashir     Mujtabah Bature     Kwarareports     Yusuf Ali     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Quareeb     Bello Oyedepo     Baruten     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Alapado     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     High Court     Abiodun Oyedepo     Computer Based Test     Jaigbade Alao     Umar Danladi Shero     Orire     Ileloke     JUSUN     Lola Olabayo     Kwara State Polytechnic     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Olaiya Zuberu     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Gbajabiamila     SWAN     Bibire Ajape     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Lanre Jimoh     Post-utme     Tafida     Gwanara     Arinola Lawal     Edret Sabi Abel     Elesie Of Esie     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Sarah Jubril     Forgo Battery     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Yakub Ali-Agan     Agbarere     Abubakar Imam     Age AbdulKareem     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     James Ayeni     KWASEIC     Baba-Isale     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Segun Adeniyi     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Muhammadu Buhari     Tuesday Assayomo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Idris Garuba     Inside Kwara     NaAllah     Temi Kolawole     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Maryam Ado Bayero     Olabimpe Olani     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Oni Adebayo     Osuwa     GAMA     Buhari     Muritala Olarewaju     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Isiaq Khadeejah     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     A.O. Belgore     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Bayo Onimago     Alikinla     Alaaya     Sebastine Obasi     KW-GIS     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     NAWOJ     Gbugbu International Market     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Jaigbade Alao     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Kwarareports     Olaiya Lawal     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Dagbalodo     Mohammed Haruna     Yahaya Seriki     Idowu Aremu     Moses Salami     Afonja Descendants Union     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Labour Party     Crystal Corner Shops     Kanu Agabi     Abdulfatai Baakini     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Abiodun Oyedepo     Aliyu U. Tilde     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Oke-Ogun     Mujtabah Bature     Agbarigidoma     Lithium     ANCOPPS     Ajia-Bako     Tsado Manman     George Funsho Adebayo     Issa Baba     Dorcas Afeniforo     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Yusuf Abubakar     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Yunus Lawal     Amusement Park     Malete     Oju Ekun Sarumi     COVID-19 Palliatives     Mutawalle     Ajase-Ipo     Suleman Abubakar     Khairat Gwadabe     Sam Onile