A
suspected impersonator, who has been using the office of the wife
of the president to defraud people. being paraded at the Department
of the State Security headquarters in Abuja on Monday. Photo:
Olatunji Obasa.
The Department of State Services said it had apprehended a
suspect, Amina Mohammed, who also goes by the aliases, Justina
Oluoha and Amina Villa, for allegedly parading herself as Rashida
Bello, wife of Kogi governor.
Mr Peter Afunanya, Public Relations Officer of DSS, disclosed
this while addressing newsmen on Monday in Abuja.
He alleged that the suspect had an unauthorised access to the
Presidential Villa and used the office of the First Lady, Aisha
Buhari to engage in fraudulent acts.
Afunanya said that the suspect adopted various names and
identities to defraud unsuspecting persons before she was
discovered.
“She used the false identity to evade protocol and scrutiny,
thus gaining unauthorised access into the villa and particularly
the residence of Mrs Buhari.
“She took advantage of the fact that personalities such as First
Ladies, ministers and certain categories of officials are not taken
through the rigorous protocol and security checks at the villa
posts,” he said.
The spokesman said that the suspect on November 22, 2017, when
she paraded herself as the Kogi First Lady, invited Dr Alexander
Okafor, aka Chicason into the villa.
He said that the suspect made Okafor believe the invitation was
at the instance of the wife of the president.
“Investigation revealed that the first lady was away on lesser
Hajj and not in the villa during the period,” he said.
The spokesman said that Okafor had complained that he was duped
of over N150 million in respect of a Court of Appeal property Lagos
which the suspect promised to help him with.
He said that the property was said to have been part of those
under the presidential implementation committee on lease of
government property.
“Investigation has shown that this unholy enterprise is not
known by the first lady. What the suspect did was to use the first
lady’s name and office as bait to lure and defraud her victims,” he
said.
He advised members of the public to be wary of individuals and
groups who used names and offices of high government officials to
defraud them.
Speaking to newsmen after refusing to be captured on camera, the
suspect alleged that some top government officials were also
involved.
She said that Okafor had been buying property from the committee
in charge of government property.
(NAN)
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