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Jackson-Umoh, a retired army colonel, who was accused of car theft, also duped
one Mr. Inibehe Effiong, a Lagos-based lawyer of N50, 000. The Cross River
State Police command had last Thursday paraded Jackson-Umoh for allegedly
stealing a Toyota Highlander belonging to a lawmaker in the state House of
Assembly, Mr. Steven Okpukpen.
Jackson-Umoh was said to have
presented himself to the car mart, where the vehicle was placed for sale, as
retired Maj.-Gen Peter Williams, attached to the Presidency in Abuja.
Following the publication in the
Friday’s edition of The Punch, the Lagos-based lawyer, who spoke with Punch
Metro on Sunday, said he was also bamboozled by Jackson-Umoh at a separate
encounter in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
He said Jackson-Umoh had during the
encounter in Uyo introduced himself as Maj.-Gen Paulka Williams, attached to
the intelligence unit of the Presidency. He said, “The same person you reported
in The Punch last Friday tactically duped me of N50, 000 on September 23, 2015,
after an encounter at a bank in Uyo. That particular day was the anniversary of
the creation of Akwa Ibom State, so most banks were not open for normal
business transactions.
“On experiencing this little setback
at that branch of the bank, the suspect, who was also in the bank offered to
take me to another branch where he was sure would be opened. I did not suspect
anything and had to join him because he looked responsible.
“In the course of driving, he told
me that he was Maj.-Gen Paulka Williams in charge of the personal security of
the President, and I had no cause to doubt him. Eventually we got to the bank
and it was also locked. At that point he asked me to give him the N50, 000 on
trust and that he would give it back to me on Monday. I did not have cause to
doubt him.
“He gave me his telephone number and
I called to confirm, it rang. The true caller application on my phone revealed
his name as Paulka Williams, and that made me to believe him the more. I gave
him the money. Unfortunately, after that day, his phone line never went through
again. So, when I saw his picture in The Punch, I knew his day of reckoning had
come.”
Jackson-Umoh had during his parade
in Calabar boasted that he would deal with all those connected to his travails.
He had also refused to respond to the several allegations levelled against him
by the police.
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