Fake soldier who ‘bravely’ entered Burma Camp arrested

According to a TV3 report, a fraudster named Rufai Abubakar was detained by the Military Personnel (MP) of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) for attempting to arrange a flight at the Air Force Base at Burma Camp to Tamale, the regional capital of the Northern Region, under the guise of a senior military official.

The on-duty guards got suspicious of his actions, and after a confrontation, he admitted that he was not a member of the military.

A press release dated Wednesday, December 7 stated that the suspect had added a fake Lieutenant Colonel rank to his military camouflage suit and indicated that he was stationed at the Northern Command headquarters.

“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 (GH¢3,000.00) under the pretext of recruiting him into the Ghana Armed Forces,” the press release said.

“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 searches at the two residences he sent the military police to led to the retrieval of documents including several certificates and fake GAF recruitment reports “bearing names of defrauded persons, military uniforms and accoutrements and a toy pistol”.

He has since been handed over to the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Ghana Police Service 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.”