A middle-aged man identified simply Emma who poses as an official of Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA), swindling unsuspecting members of the public in Aba has been arrested, ABN TV reports.
Emma who had allegedly printed fake revenue tickets, selling same to members of the public at the cost of the original emblem met his waterloo on Wednesday when ASEPA officials accosted a lady, demanding her ASEPA emblem.
The lady whose identity was not revealed was said to have tendered an emblem purchased at the sum N50,000 from the fake revenue officer, Emma.
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This however raised the suspicion of the ASEPA officials who insisted that she purchases the original revenue emblem.
Angered by the double payment, she launched a manhunt on the fake revenue officer who was later arrested around Ovom in Obingwa LGA of the State, and his ASEPA branded motorcycle seized until he refunds the N50,000 collected from the lady.
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ABN TV gathered that while the argument was on, another resident he allegedly defrauded with a fake emblem also demanded a refund of N35,000 he paid to him earlier.
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He has since been detained and would soon be charged to court.
