Young Man Who Fakes Bank Alert And Poses As Lawyer Arrested For Impersonation.

 A man identified as Destiny Otubanbo who goes by the name Destiny Ago Adeleke met his Waterloo after trying to play one of his tricks on a phone selling outlet located at Ikota shopping complex where he bought three Techno Camon X-Pro Phone that valued about N377,500.

  According to report, the event happened on 24 May 2018, the suspect had introduced himself as Mr. Adeleke, a legal practitioner and requested for a Techno Camon X-Pro Phone valued about seventy-seven thousand, five hundred Naira only (77,500:00).

 He claimed he was cashless and wished to pay through telephone transfer to the total sum of N377,500:00 and he was given the account details to which the said amount should be credited. After few minutes, he claimed he had credited the said sum. To prove he had, he show a debit alert from Zenith account number 2110746005, tittle, Destiny Ago Adeleke. Believing it to be true, the shop owner released the phones to him and requested for his phone number unknown to the owner that it was a fake alert, the phone number was unreachable and the account non-existance.

 CP Edga said detectives from FSARS and the local police component, got hold of one Marian Amuche the girlfriend of the suspect whose picture were downloaded from the suspect Instagram page. 

 "Exhibits recovered from him are 2 Techno phones, one i-phone, 10 SIM card belonging to different networks, Lawyer's gown and wig. The said Marian Amuche led detectives to arrest the principal suspect Destiny.

 On interrogation, Destiny confessed to the crime and that he had sold the phones to buyers he met online." 

 Speaking on his alleged crime the 27-year-old suspect said, "I am a student of American University but I dropped out of school because there was no money to continue my education. I don't go to court to represent anybody but I bought the gown and wig for N35,0000 just to show off on my Instagram page that I am a lawyer. This is my fifth deal in defrauding people.
 "The first one was in Port Harcourt where I generated a false alert and bought a car for N5million but the buyer did not sense it was false."
 When asked how he generated the false alerts, the suspect said, "I have false Zenith bank account. I would falsify the original alert with the use of computer and make it look real."
 The CP Edgal said, "Investigation is ongoing with a view to understanding the suspect's modus operandi and discovering other crimes he may have committed through various SIM cards recovered from him.

The CP said at the end of all, he will be charge to court. "Business owners should be wary of false bank statements" he said.