Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested one Bolarinwa Oluwasegun, an APC chieftain who faked identity of Army General, over an alleged N270m fraud.
The suspect, who posed as a General in the Nigerian Army,
allegedly made false representations to the complainant, Kodef Clearing
Resources, that President Muhammadu Buhari, had shortlisted him and one other
to be appointed as the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, and that he needed a short
grant “to press and process the appointment.”
According to a statement by EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, the
suspect also allegedly forged a letter of appointment as COAS purportedly
signed by the President and showed the same to the victim to further prove his
claim.
In the said letter, he claimed that he needed to pay a certain
amount of money into the coffers of the Federal Government of Nigeria, as part
of the requirements for the appointment as COAS.
Oluwasegun, in his bid to defraud the victim, also allegedly
forged several documents and the signature of the President.
He was arrested at his house in the Alagbado area of Lagos State
on Wednesday, January 12, 2022.
Upon his arrest, six pump action guns, three cartridge bullets, a
swagger stick and several forged documents were recovered from him.
The EFCC spokesperson disclosed that the suspect will be charged
to court as soon as investigations have been concluded.
Mr Oluwasegun
is a well-known figure in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). His
brutish and crude behaviour were well documented during the EndSARS protests
when he shot repeatedly at protesting youths.
The
journalist who recorded Mr Oluwasegun’s senseless rampage, 20-year old Pelumi
Onifade, went missing for several days before he was later found dead in police
custody
Despite clamour by Nigerians and the plethora of evidence that exposed Mr Oluwasegun of having committed a crime, he was neither arrested nor prosecuted by the Nigerian police