Two young Nigerian cybercriminals have been arrested for impersonating the commissioner of police CP Okon Effiong and duping people. According to the spokesperson for the command identified as SP Grace Iringe-koko who made this revelation in a statement on Monday the 20th of February 2023, the two arrested suspects used pictures of the commissioner of police to create a fake Facebook account and defrauded people by stating to offer them jobs and admission to the police service.
Her words stated in the statement are highlighted below;
"Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Rivers State Command have tracked and arrested two suspects namely; Amadi Hemenachi, 28, and GoodLuck Nnochiri, 27," the statement read. The two are from Akukabi and Obibi villages respectively in the Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. They are involved in a case of conspiracy, impersonation, forgery, obtaining money by pretense, and unlawful possession
of multiple ATM cards. The suspects are alleged to have hacked into the Google network and uploaded the photograph of the Rivers State
Commissioner of Police, Okon Effing, used the same to create a fake Facebook account.
"Investigation revealed that they impersonated the CP and used the fake Facebook account to obtain money from several unsuspecting citizens (mostly job and admission seekers). She said while confessing to the crime the suspects had
revealed that they usually hack into different websites, print out names of people, their phone numbers and addresses, and thereafter call to defraud them. After investigation, they will be charged in court. The Rivers State Commissioner of Police advises members of
the public to be mindful of the personal confidential details they display on social media handles; and promptly report cases of
hacked social media accounts."
The two suspects are in police custody awaiting trial. Their arrest triggered some reactions from online users. Some of their relevant comments will be highlighted below;
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