Man arrested for parading himself as a Colonel and defrauding victim of over N40m

62-year-old Babatunde Idris has been arrested by
the Oyo State Police Command for parading
himself as a colonel in the Nigerian Army and
using a fake identity to defraud one Yinusa
Mustapha of the sum of N40m.
The state Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade,
said Idris was arrested after a petition was filed
against him.
He said:
“Following a petition received alleging the
fraudulent activities of Idris, the command’s
Anti-kidnapping Squad swung into action
and arrested the suspect, who until his
arrest had fraudulently obtained various
sums of money from his victims.”
Oyebade added that the suspect promised his last
victim, Mustapha, that he would help him to get a
certificate for oil importation in 2012, but up till
now that hasn't been done. He failed to complete
the deal after the money was paid into his
account.
The commissioner added:
“The suspect forged various letterheads of
the Nigerian Army which he issued to
unsuspecting individuals and corporate
organisations soliciting assistance. He also
had multiple identities under fake names all
bearing the status of a colonel”.
The suspect said on the other hand said:
“I collected N16m from him claiming to be
a colonel in the army. I signed the form,
but truly I am not a military man. One of
my brothers is a general in the army. One
day, he gave me a letter to help somebody,
so I made a copy of it.
“Mustapha wanted me to help him to
collect certificate of oil lifting and because I
knew people who could do it, I took the
money from him, but the deal failed.”