From David Hassan, Gombe
The Gombe state Police command on Friday paraded a suspected impersonator in Gombe who conspired in forgery and cheating.
Briefing Journalists on the development, Police Public Relations Officer ASP Mahid Mua’zu Abubaker, who was represented by his deputy, ASP Sharif Sa’ad said a complained was reported at Gombe Divisional Police Headquarters by a staff of Gombe state Internal Revenue Service on the 20th May 2023 that one Habu Muhammad Kabir went to Hajj orientation camp at Government Arabic Teachers College Gombe and presented himself as a staff of internal revenue service deployed to collect revenue from intending pilgrims.
He said following the report, the detectives from the Gombe Division swung into action and succeeded in arresting the suspect.
According to him, during the interrogation, the suspect confessed to have forged the agency ID Card, receipt and stamp and collected the sum of #30,000 naira from two persons, 15,000 each for registration.
It was alleged that the suspect conspired with one Iliya Amos to produce a fake receipt for him after they said he provided him with a copy of the original receipt.
Police Public Relations Officer said exhibits recovered from the suspect include two laptops black in colour, one white Hp Printer, one stamp and its pad, one forged ID Card bearing the photograph of Habu Muhammad Kabir.
He added the name of Mustapha Muhammad Bello, some pieces of the forged receipt and the sum of #30,000 naira noting that both suspects confessed to the alleged offence and will be charged to court for prosecution.
In an interview with Journalists, the Executive director Standard and compliance Gombe state Internal revenue service Mr. Bulus Nuhu decried that the issue of creating fake receipts from the service is alarming.
He said something has to be done to avert this problem by engaging intelligent officers to checkmate the culprit.
Nuhu however called on the people to always be alert by reporting such cases to the appropriate authority.
