By; RAYMOND TEDUNJAYE, Lagos
The Commissioner of Police Delta State Command,
Ari Mohammed Ali has raised an alarm over the hacking of his Facebook account by a conman to defraud innocent citizens.
The trickster, who parades himself as CP Ari Mohammed Ali FCIA psc, according to the Delta State Police Commissioner has been using the fake account to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
According to a release by the Delta State Police Command public relations officer DSP Edafe Bright, the fraudster reached to out to some people via the Facebook handle, displaying some pictures of the CP in mufti and in Police uniform with the username Muhammad Ali Ari.
The release reads” ,The attention of Delta State Police Command has been drawn to a fake Facebook handle created by a mischievous person parading himself as CP Ari Muhammed Ali FCIA, psc+ and has been using the fake account to defraud unsuspecting innocent citizens.
The fraudster has reached out to some people via the Facebook handle displaying some pictures of the CP in mufti and in Police uniform with the username Muhammad Ali Ari.
 He further stated that the CP graduated from UNIJOS which is not true. He is using the account to fraudulently solicits for financial assistance from members of the public who have been deceived to believe that they are chatting with the CP.Â
The CP is using this medium to inform the general public to disregard any request or message from this Facebook handle, as it is the handiwork of a criminal element parading himself as the CP with intent to defraud.
 The CP assures members of the public that measures have been put in place with a view to arresting this impostor and to ensure that he is brought to book”.
The trickster, who parades himself as CP Ari Mohammed Ali FCIA psc, according to the Delta State Police Commissioner has been using the fake account to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
According to a release by the Delta State Police Command public relations officer DSP Edafe Bright, the fraudster reached to out to some people via the Facebook handle, displaying some pictures of the CP in mufti and in Police uniform with the username Muhammad Ali Ari.
The release reads” ,The attention of Delta State Police Command has been drawn to a fake Facebook handle created by a mischievous person parading himself as CP Ari Muhammed Ali FCIA, psc+ and has been using the fake account to defraud unsuspecting innocent citizens.
The fraudster has reached out to some people via the Facebook handle displaying some pictures of the CP in mufti and in Police uniform with the username Muhammad Ali Ari.
 He further stated that the CP graduated from UNIJOS which is not true. He is using the account to fraudulently solicits for financial assistance from members of the public who have been deceived to believe that they are chatting with the CP.Â
The CP is using this medium to inform the general public to disregard any request or message from this Facebook handle, as it is the handiwork of a criminal element parading himself as the CP with intent to defraud.
 The CP assures members of the public that measures have been put in place with a view to arresting this impostor and to ensure that he is brought to book”.
