Personnel of the Military Police have arrested a suspect, Rufai Abubakar, who has been posing as a senior military Officer as he tried to access a military installation inside Burma Camp.
The suspect who was dressed in a military camouflage uniform decorated with fake lieutenant Colonel rank, claimed he was stationed at Northern Command Headquarters and was proceeding to the Air Force Base to book a flight to Tamale.
According to a press release by the Ghana Armed Forces signed by the Director of Public Relations, Naval Captain Michael Addo Larbi, said the suspect who entered Burma Camp on a commercial vehicle was closely monitored as he alighted at a bus stop and headed to the Air Force Base.
“The guards on duty noted his suspicious behaviour, questioned him and after some incoherent answers, he confessed he was not a service personnel.”
He also disclosed that he posed as a senior military officer to enable him to defraud one Mr Abdallah Abdul Fatahu from whom he had collected an amount of three thousand Ghana cedis (GHc3,000) under the pretext of recruiting him into the Armed Forces.
At the time of arrest, the suspect had in his possession fake military identification and business cards and other documents bearing his name.
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 the names of defrauded persons, military uniforms and accoutrement and a toy pistol.
Rafui Abubakar has since been handed over to the Police CID for further investigation and prosecution.
“However, considering that his two wives living at Ablekuma and Olebu respectively were under the false impression that their husband was a real military officer, it is possible that many other persons may have fallen victim to his impersonations and fraudulent activities. Such persons are entreated to contact the Police CID to help in investigations and to support GAF and the security services in weeding out the miscreants our communities,” the release advised.