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Delta Police Boss Disowns Fraudulent Facebook Account

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The Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Ari Muhammed Ali, has disowned a Facebook account allegedly being used by someone posing with his name to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians.

BIGPENNGR reports that Ali disowned the social media account in a statement released to newsmen by the Delta State Police Command’s Public Relation Officer, DSP Bright Edafe on Monday.

Edafe said that the suspected impostor has been parading himself as CP Ari Muhammed Ali and has been using the fake account to defraud unsuspecting innocent citizens.

Urging members of the public to disregard the fake Facebook account, he said that police has put measures in place to arrest the reported impostor who has been using the account to fraudulently solicits for financial assistance from members of the public

The statement reads; ‘The attention of Delta State Police Command has been drawn to a fake Facebook handle created by a mischievous person parading himself as CP Ari Muhammed Ali FCIA, psc+ and has been using the fake account to defraud unsuspecting innocent citizens.

‘The fraudster has reached out to some people via the Facebook handle displaying some pictures of the CP in mufti and in Police uniform with the username Muhammad Ali Ari.

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‘He further stated that the CP graduated from UNIJOS which is not true. He is using the account to fraudulently solicits for financial assistance from members of the public who have been deceived to believe that they are chatting with the CP.

‘The CP is using this medium to inform the general public to disregard any request or message from this Facebook handle, as it is the handiwork of a criminal element parading himself as the CP with intent to defraud.

‘The CP assures members of the public that measures have been put in place with a view to arresting this impostor and to ensure that he is brought to book’.

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