“Fakism” (my coined noun word for Fake), is not only associated
with products and services. It is also now associated with the dreaded Boko
Haram group.Yesterday, the Department of Security Service (DSS) in Borno State
paraded two notorious extortionists who faked their identities as members of
Boko Haram to demand money from civilians through telephone threats.
Ahmed
Abdullahi, the Borno state Director of DSS, made this known to
journalists while parading the two suspects at the DSS office in Maiduguri the
Borno State capital. He explained that the extortionists operated under the
guise of being members of Boko Haram to perpetrate their crimes. According to
him,“For sometime now, the SSS has been inundated with complaints from members
of the public on threat messages aimed at extorting money”, Abdullahi said. “Perpetrators,
who operate in cliques, exploit the security situation in the state to
intimidate their victims while masquerading as members of the sect.” he added.
He said the two suspects, one Mohammed Garba and one Luka Dogonyaro, were
apprehended after series of investigations and they are believed to be leaders
of separate syndicates. Describing the suspects, Abdullahi said “Garba is
a 39-year-old, Babur-speaking man of Borno state who grew up in
Kano; he specializes in
extorting money from private individuals. Among his victims are some present
and past chairmen of Local Government Councils (LGC) in the state.” He added
that Garba was trailed to his hideout in Kano
after series of investigations by the service. “Dogonyaro is another
39-year-old dismissed police corporal who operates a separate racket that has
defrauded many people in the state. Among his victims were the chairman of
Borno State Chambers of Commerce who was threatened with assassination”, said Abdullah.
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