Osun state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, said it has apprehended one Ayanrinde Abdulgafar, 25, who disguised as a lawyer.
The suspect confessed that he involves in criminal acts in order to hurt his biological father.
Abdulgafar, who was paraded at the Osun NSCDC command headquarters in Osogbo on Saturday, said he started the act of duping members of the public early this year.
While responding to questions from journalists, he maintained, “My father abandoned me since childhood and I drop out of the University at 200-level due to paucity of funds to see through my education.
” I decided to venture into crime, disguising as a lawyer and defrauding people to hurt my father. I have duped my victims of over N200,000 since I started”.
The State Commandant, Agboola Sunday, disclosed that Abdulgafar, is in the habit of appearing in legal regalia to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
He was said to have duped a lot of people at different courts in Kwara and Osun states.
The Kwara NSCDC boss added that the suspect was apprehended in a hotel on Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Ilorin, Kwara State by the Command crack team with the assistance of Kwara State NSCDC command.
The suspect was on the after committing his usual act at the Federal High Court, Akure and State High Courts in Osogbo and Ilorin.
He said: “The suspect presented himself as a Barrister of law to one driver on the 23rd May 2023 whose service he requested to drive him first to State High Court Osogbo before heading to Federal High Court, Akure.
“The suspect in his full regalia entered the court, exchange pleasantries with lawyers and thereafter approached a POS woman around the court premises and collected the sum of One hundred and fifty thousand naira with the aim to do the transfer.
“He had collected the phone of the driver to share his internet facility to help him transfer the money. He entered the court premises and disappeared into the thin air, only to be tracked to Ilorin, Kwara State”.
