The Rivers State Police Command has arrested two individuals for reportedly impersonating the Commissioner of Police, Okon Effiong, and also defrauding unsuspecting members of the public.
According to Effiong, the suspects had used the photograph of the CP to create a fake Facebook account through which they had scammed people.
The Spokesperson for the Rivers states Police Command, Grace Iringa-Koko, disclosed this through a statement issued on Monday, February 20.
According to Iringa-Koko, the suspects, both from Etche in Rivers State, had been arrested after they were tracked to their hideout.
While confessing to their crime, the suspects revealed that their modus operandi was to hack into several websites, print out a list of people, their phone numbers, and addresses, and afterward, call them individually to defraud them.
The suspects will be charged in court as soon as the investigation is concluded.
