Two students of University of Calabar (UNICAL) have been arrested by operatives of the Cross Rivers state police command for impersonating military officers on their Facebook accounts to defraud unsuspecting applicants.
The students- Daniel Onuta 22 and Emmanuel Mba 20- were duping unsuspecting members of the public until police operatives arrested them.
Investigations by Vanguard revealed that they defrauded, one Reuben Thomas who paid N400,000 into their accounts.
According to Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Inuwa, the fraudsters never knew that they were being tracked by their surveillance unit they were caught.
“They have been doing it for long until they duped Reuben of N 400,000 which raised a red flag and the hunt for them became fierce. They usually impersonate army personnel with a promise to secure employment in the Nigerian Army,” he stated.
One of suspects, Daniel Onuta, told Vanguard that he did it to be able to pay school fees, and provided his account for the transaction which the police used to track him.
“We saw it as an opportunity when we started getting a lot of likes and questions from people who were applying to enter the Nigerian Army, so we cashed in and started getting paid by different people. We have collected money from more than 30 people,” he said.
