24-Year-Old IGP Imposter Arrested in the Brong Ahafo Region

The Brong Ahafo Regional Police has arrested a man who is suspected to have posed as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to extort money from some people with the promise of getting them into the Ghana Police Service.
District Police Commander for Nkoranza, ASP Andrews Aboagye, told Adom News the suspect, Dominic Ameyaw, who hails from Baafi in the Nkoranza North District, was arrested by the police Friday morning from his hideout.
He said the suspect, 24, posed as various senior police officers including the Inspector General of Police at several locations and claimed to have been given a special assignment to recruit persons who were interested in joining the Ghana Police Service. Each individual applicant was lured to pay an amount of GHC 500.00.
ASP Andrews Aboagye said the suspect succeeded in obtaining the amounts and issued fake letters of appoint­ment to the victims.
“We got information that some man was issuing fake documents to people in the name of senior police officers and promising to get them into the police service. He was arrested at his hideout when he was about to issue these fake documents to people” he said.
He said the suspect after thorough investigation admitted to the act, adding that he has been remanded into police custody.