One Imaobong Akpan has been arrested by operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, for allegedly impersonating the state Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Pastor Umo Eno.

Parading the suspect on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Odiko MacDon said the suspect was arrested on December 14, 2021, by men of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) following a petition.

“On 1 4/12/2021 at about 11:00 am, based on a petition to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, detectives of the General Investigation Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Uyo arrested one Imaobong Kelvin Akpan of No. 47 Akpasak Estate, Off Oron Road, Uyo.

“The said Imaobong Kelvin has been impersonating the Honourable Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Pastor Umo Eno through a fraudulent Facebook account with username “Umo Eno”.

“He further used the Commissioner’s photograph as profile picture. The suspect who is a notorious fraudster and s-ex maniac confessed to have fraudulently created the Facebook account.

“He uses the said account to lure innocent and unsuspecting ladies to hotels, have carnal knowledge of them with promise to assist them secure jobs while defrauding others of various sums of money running into millions.

“He succeeded in luring more than ten ladies through the fraudulent Facebook account and had s-exual intercourse with them at various hotels while posing as the Personal Assistant to the Honourable Commissioner for lands”.

Exhibits recovered from the suspect include; two cell phones, 5 SIM cards, 7 dollars and 5 Yuan currency

Speaking to newsmen, Akpan said he didn’t know what pushed him into the criminal act.