Osun State Security Network, also known as ‘Amotekun’, has arrested a 51-year-old man named Adegoroye Akinola for allegedly posing as an agent of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and swindling entrepreneurs out of N1.5m.
According to Brig. Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi Rtd, the Commander of Amotekun in Osun State, Akinola duped nine victims in Oyo State by promising to process CAC registration and international passports for them.
After absconding from Oyo State, he was caught at his girlfriend’s house in Gbongan, Ayedaade Local Government Area of Osun State.
According to him, the suspect “was constantly changing his mobile number, hence making it difficult to find out his whereabouts.
“But during technical analysis, the Amotekun discovered that he was in Igbara Odo in Ekiti State, he was arrested following a tip-off from his girlfriend where she was asked to call him and invite him to Gbongan for business and he was apprehended.
“The suspect is facing allegations of criminal conspiracy, fraud, impersonation, deceit, cheating, and identity theft, the suspect is using different names and account numbers to defraud his victims.
“Further investigation revealed that the suspect goes by different names such as Ayodeji Harry-young, and Samuel Ayodeji with multiple phone numbers and ATM cards bearing different names that he uses to perpetrate his heinous acts.”
The Amotekun boss disclosed that the suspect confessed to joining fraudster gangs in 2003 in Ekiti State.
