A man, identified as Segun Odofin, who has been parading himself as the Assistant Editor of The News magazine was on Sunday arrested at a reception in honour of the immediate past Controller General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Dr. Ade Abolurin in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.
The suspect was invited outside the hall to explain himself to members of the Ogun State Correspondent Chapel led by its Chairman, Kunle Olayeni was later arrested for impersonation.
One of the correspondents who alerted other colleagues upon sighting the fake practitioner reported that the suspect has been parading himself as journalist for long, adding that, his cup was full today.
Another colleague disclosed that Odofin was also seen on Saturday at the funeral ceremony of Senator Olorunmibe Mamora’s mother, Madam Elizabeth Adesola Mamora in Ijebu Ife in Ijebu East local government area of the state.
He explained that he overheard people complaining at the funeral ceremony that the suspect had taken some money from them with the promise to help publish a story but ran away when attempts were made to arrest him.
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