Fake Lt. Colonel Arrested Inside Burma Camp: His 2 Wives Swear He’s Not fake

The military said that one Rufai Abubakar was arrested at Burma Camp for pretending to be a Senior Military Officer. The suspect's two wives swear that their husband is a real military officer.

A statement from Naval Captain M. A. Larbi, Director of Public Relations, and copied to MyNewsGh showed that Rufai Abubakar was pretending to be a Senior Military Officer and trying to get into a military installation inside Burma Camp.

Since then, the suspect, Rufai Abubakar, has been turned over to the Police CID so that he can be investigated and charged.

The military high command thinks that, since his two wives in Ablekuma and Olebu thought their husband was a real military officer, he may have fooled and scammed many other people.

Arrest of Rufai Abubakar; many recruitment scam victims
An official statement from the military said he was followed closely when he entered Burma Camp:

The suspect who was dressed in a military camouflage uniform, decorated with fake Lieutenant Colonel ranks, claimed he was stationed at Northern Command Headquarters and was proceeding to the Air Force Base to book a flight to Tamale.

The suspect who entered Burma Camp in a commercial vehicle was closely monitored as he alighted at a bus stop and headed to the Air Force Base.

The guards on duty noted his suspicious behaviour, questioned him and after some incoherent answers, he confessed he was not a service personnel.

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.

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 search by the Military Police at his two residences at Ablekuma Fan Milk and Olebu respectively led to the retrieval of documents including several certificates and fake Ghana Armed Forces recruitment application summary reports bearing names of defrauded persons, military uniforms and accoutrements and a toy pistol.


Such persons are entreated to contact the Police CID to help in investigations and to support GAF and the Security Services in weeding out the miscreants within our communities.

Credit: MyNewsGH