How A Dismissed Policeman Defraud Governors, Senators

Please what is wrong with the policemen in this picture?

You see some incidents or hear some stories and the first question that comes to mind is, ‘do such things still happen in this time and age?’ Well, from available crime statistics, a lot of Nigerians have remained gullible to the antics of con men. The speed with which some of us release our money to fraudsters without making ‘necessary’ confirmation is simply unacceptable.

A man, who was dismissed from the Nigerian Police Force sometime in 2003 for going AWOL for 25 days, suddenly became very “connected” that he’s said to have in his possession the phone numbers of President Jonathan, Vice President Sambo, many ranking senators of the federal republic, senior police officers – saving and retired – like Tafa Balogun, Musiliu Smith, Ogbona Onovo.

Luck however ran out of the crook when he...


attempted to take on a very intelligent police officer, Abubakar Yakabu, the commandant of Mopol 22. Before this time he has swindled some state governors and other prominent Nigerians to the tune of about N700,000 using the names of the above former Police chiefs. He would claim to be either of these ex-police bosses and that he was sick to the point of needing urgent medical treatment abroad. At other times, he would send out text messages, claiming that life had not been easy after retirement.

His name is Charles Egbusoma, an ex-police constable from Delta State. He was paraded at the Lagos State Police command on Thursday after he was arrested in his residence in Maraba, an Abuja suburb, through the help of his ex-girlfriend – Josephine Ofekere.

According to a police officer, Charles’ arrest was made possible when “Abubakar, being an intelligent man, played along as though he was falling for his tricks but he was strategising underground. When he eventually sent Abubakar an account number, we went to court and got court order to investigate the account. Eventually we picked up the owner of the account who happened to be his ex-girlfriend. She gave us details of his nefarious activities and address in Abuja. We later arrested him at his residence in Mararaba area of Abuja.”

According to a source, Charles usually send the bank details of the said ex-girlfriend, claiming that she was his secretary and would be the one to go and withdraw the money for him. Afterwards, he would use the lady‘s ATM card to withdraw the money. The suspect, who claimed he resorted to crime as a means of survival after his dismissal from the police, has also played his tricks on some deputy governors... He will soon be charged to court for.