By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABAR
A 39-year-old man, Udeme Emmanuel Ekpeme, has been arrested by the Cross River State Police Command for allegedly posing as a medical doctor and swindling a woman of Five Hundred Thousand Naira with a promise of securing hospital jobs for her children.
The suspect was picked up by operatives attached to the Uwanse Division in Calabar South LGA following a petition by Mrs. Edemawan Samuel, 45, who accused him of parading himself as a doctor and taking the money from her under the pretext of helping her children gain employment at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH).
Police say preliminary findings show the suspect exploited his false identity to gain the complainant’s trust before defrauding her.
Exhibits linked to the case have since been recovered, and he remains in custody as investigations continue.
