2 Nigerians Allegedly Impersonate over 20 Ghanaian Ministers to Defraud Many

A Nigerian, Vivian Sadija Imran has been arrested by the police for allegedly impersonating about 20 state ministers, in defrauding more than 500 Ghanaians of over GHC100,000.

Sadija Imran is said to have worked together with her 24-year-old husband, Prince Joel – who is currently on the run – in duping many Ghanaians with fake social media accounts of state Ministers.

The duo reportedly convinced their victims, through online chats and phone calls that, they could secure employment for them at some state institutions such as Tema Oil Refinery, Ghana Gas Company, COCOBOD, among others.

After gaining trust of their victims, they would proceed to take money from them supposedly for registration and processing.

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Six mobile phones and three mobile money numbers were picked up during a search by National Security operatives at their Ashaiman Jericho home after complaints from the ministers.

Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Barbara Oteng Gyasi, Minister for Tourism, Creative Arts and Culture, Shirley Ayorkor-Botchway, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Henry Quartey, Deputy Minister of National Security and Dominic Nitiwul, Minister of Defence, were among the most frequently names used by the suspects to defraud their victims.

Sadija, a 31-year old trader has since appeared before court and is yet to meet bail conditions as set by the Accra Circuit Court presided over by His Honour Emmanuel Essandoh. Together with her husband Joel, they are facing eight counts of falsely pretending to be public officer and defrauding by false pretences.

SOURCE: Joyonline