Fake Military Man Arrested In The Northern Region.
The military requires special training, and no one can decide to join the military on his or her own accord without going through the needed procedures. A young man who posses as a military officer has been arrested in the northern region of Ghana.
Military Police personnel has arrested one Rufai Abubakar for posing as a Senior Military Officer and trying to access a military installation at Burma Camp in Accra.
The suspect, who was dressed in a military camouflage uniform, decorated with fake Lieutenant Colonel ranks, according to a statement from the Ghana Armed Forces, claimed he was stationed at Northern Command Headquarters and was proceeding to the Air Force Base to book a flight to Tamale.
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“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 behavior, questioned him and after some incoherent answers, he confessed he was not a service personnel,” the Ghana Armed Forces added in a statement.
At the time of arrest, the suspect had in his possession fake military identification and business card,s and other documents bearing his name.
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