An alleged imposter who
claimed to be Ernest Erowo with a facebook account opened in the name of
Prophet Ernest Erowo Untouchable of City of Faith Ministries Int’l Inc.,
also known as The Untouchable Family, aimed at defrauding unsuspecting members
of the public, has been arrested at Ozoro in Isoko North Local Government Area
of Delta State.
The suspected internet
fraudster, who opened an account with First Bank PLC in the name of Abada E.
Best with account No. 3043867593, was linked to his facebook account in the
name of Ernest Erowo, asking members of the public to pay money into his
account with intent of providing spiritual providence, thereby defrauding them.
The suspect, while
confessing to the crime at the Area Commander’s office of the Nigerian Police
Force, Delta Central Command, Ughelli, said he is a pastor and intentionally
opened the facebook and First Bank accounts to source for money to finance a
programme he planned to execute. Meanwhile, huge and undisclosed amounts of
money has been paid to him by unsuspecting members of the public.
Earlier, the Prophet, through his lawyer, A.E. Erakpofuke Esq. had appealed to the Area Commander, in a January 16, 2017 letter, to arrest and question the said impostor using the duplicate facebook account Ernest Erowo, to prevent him from carring out further acts of fraud and impersonation.
The cleric’s media
director, Pastor Success I. E. Udogidi, also the Regional Head Pastor (South
South region), City of Faith Ministry Int’l Inc, confirmed the arrest. He said
the imposter had hacked into the facebook account name “Ernest Erowo” of the
prophet and duplicated it with a changed picture. “The fake duplicate
account is what he used in defrauding the unsuspecting members of the public,”
Udogidi stressed, urging members of the public to be vigilant and watchful
as internet fraudsters are everywhere.
Guardian
Alleged facebook fraudster, impersonator arrested
Reviewed by Nene Sochi-Okereke
on
Friday, 24 February 2017
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