The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) yesterday announced of the arrest of a man posing as a senior military officer at Burma Camp in Accra.
The suspect was dressed in a military camouflage uniform, decorated with fake Lieutenant Colonel ranks.
He claimed he was stationed at the Northern Command Headquarters and was proceeding to the Air Force Base to book a flight to Tamale.
The GAF mentioned in its statement that the guards on duty noted the suspicious behaviour of the suspect when entered the Burma Camp military installation in a commercial vehicle and was closely monitored.
He was busted after some incoherent answers upon questioning, he confessed he was not a military personnel.
upon interrogations be mentioned that he posed as a Senior Military Officer to enable him to defraud one Mr Abdallah Abdul Fatahu an amount of Three Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢3,000.00) under the pretext of recruiting him into the Forces.
The suspect had in his possession fake military identification, business cards and other documents bearing his name at the time of his arrest.
A follow-up search by the Military Police at his two residences at Ablekuma Fan Milk and Olebu respectively led to the retrieval of documents including several certificates and fake Ghana Armed Forces recruitment application summary reports bearing names of defrauded persons, military uniforms and accoutrements and a toy pistol
The suspect, Rafui Abubakar has since been handed over to the Police CID for further investigation and prosecution.
