A 26-year-old man, Abiodun Joseph, has been arrested by the police in Ogun State for allegedly impersonating the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi.
The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, who disclosed this in Abeokuta Monday, said the suspect created Facebook and Whatsapp accounts to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
Iliyasu, who paraded Joseph at the state police headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, stated that he was arrested last Wednesday in Ilese, Ijebu North East local government area.
According to him, the suspect had so far duped some unnamed people to the tune of N600,000.
He explained that policemen attached to Ijebu-Ode Area Command swung into action upon receiving information about the suspected fraudster.
