The Enugu State Police Command has nabbed two suspected Internet fraudsters for allegedly creating a fake Facebook account using the profile of the state Deputy Governor, Mrs Cecilia Ezeilo.

The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ebere Amaraizu, made this known to newsmen in a statement in Enugu, the Enugu State capital.

According to him, the suspects include, Richard Onyema, 36, a native of Amokohia in Imo State, who resides at No 20, Mbano Camp, Obigbo, Oyigbo Local Government Area, and Richard Odinaka Amadi, 40, a native of Mbaitoli in Imo State, who also resides at Omagwa, Ikwerre Local Government Area, all in Rivers State.

Aamrizu disclosed that the suspects specialised in the use of prominent persons’ profiles to open Facebook accounts with a view to defrauding unsuspecting members of the public.

He added that the suspects, who created the fake Facebook account of the Enugu deputy governor allegedly used it to dupe unsuspecting members of the public to the tune of N635,000.00, as they promised to help their victims get contracts.?

“They have been in the business of creating fake Facebook accounts of any identified prominent/eminent persons, and use same to lure unsuspecting members of the public into believing that they are the persons that they are impersonating, and present a contract scenario in which, through the process, their victims are duped”.

The PPRO hinted that the suspects were nabbed on October 2 in Rivers State through intelligence by the operatives of the Anti-Kidnap Unit of the Enugu State Police Command.

He further disclosed that the suspects, who are now helping the operatives in their investigations, have confessed their action, blaming it on their continual quest to get rich quick.

“They further revealed that what they do is to create a Facebook account of prominent government/eminent persons and pretend to be that person, and use same to defraud people by asking them to pay some amount of money for jobs and contracts through a certain bank account that they will provide.”