The suspect in a military uniform
A 29-year-old man
who allegedly posed as a military officer to dupe a phone seller in Obuasi in
the Ashanti Region has been arrested by police.
Erasmos Kudekpe from
the Volta Region also pretended to be a member of the government anti-illegal
mining taskforce, Operation Vanguard stationed in Obuasi.
DSP Martin Assenso,
Obuasi Municipal Police Commander, said the young man, who was arrested last
Friday and charged with fraud, carries multiple names.
He is also known as
Kelvin, Fredrick and Nana Owusu beside Erasmos Kudekpe and he is believed to
have scammed many people.
According to the
police chief, the suspect told police during interrogation that he was a member
of the band team attached to the Operation Vanguard taskforce, which is false.
DSP Assenso stated
that police arrested Kudekpe following information received from a phone
seller, who believed he had been scammed by an offender posing as a soldier.
He narrated that the
suspect again claimed to be a soldier to many other residents of Obuasi and
once arrested someone for an offence and handed him over to the police for
prosecution, but later called to let the person go for lack of interest in the
case.
Kudekpe had in his possession military uniforms at the time of his arrest, the police commander indicated.
From Ernest Kofi Adu, Kumasi
