A 30-year-old man identified as Gambo Yakubu (pictured above) has been arrested for allegedly impersonating captain of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Ahmed Musa.
Kano police spokesperson, DSP Haruna Abdullahi said the suspect forged a document bearing the name of Ahmed Musa which he used in defrauding innocent members of the public.
Yakubu, who admitted committing the said offence, revealed that he spent the N700,000 he got from the fraudulent act on hotels and his girlfriends in Sabon Gari area of Kano State.
Abdullahi expressed;
On March, 25th 2020 around 11.30 pm, a complaint was received from one Musa Muhammad of Hotoro Quarters Kano, Manager of Ahmed Musa Sports Centre Kano, that one Gambo Yakubu of Brigade Quarters Kano, a former worker at the said Sports Centre, was presenting himself as Ahmed Musa and duping people under the guise.
On receipt of this complaint, the Commissioner of Police Kano State Command CP Habu A. Sani, psc raised and directed a team of detectives led by CSP Abdulkarim Abdullahi to arrest the culprit.
He added that;
On the 20/12/2020, the suspect was arrested and freely confessed to having defrauded more than fifteen innocent citizens by collecting money from them pretending to be Ahmed Musa, selling forms at Five Thousand Naira each to youths who want to play football abroad.
He collected over Seven Hundred Thousand Naira and spent the money in Hotels and on his girlfriends in the Sabon Gari area of Kano.
Haruna said the suspect is being investigated for alleged “impersonation, character defamation and fraud,” after which he will be charged to court.
Delighted with news of arrest of his impersonator, Ahmad Musa, visited the state Commissioner of Police, Habu Sani, to appreciate his efforts in crime fighting.
Musa, who scored twice against Argentina in the last FIFA World Cup, said he was also at the police command to have a look at the suspect, who incidentally is his lookalike.
The soccer star pledged to give all necessary support for Community Policing in the state.
