Fake Channels TV Reporter Nabbed In Lagos (Photo)

 

Everyday for the thief one day for the owner

they do say. A

33-year-old father of one, identified as

Adeshina Adams, who had been allegedly

parading himself as a staff of Channels

Television has been arrested by the

Police in Lagos.

It was gathered that Adams has been

impersonating as a staff

of Channels TV, covering events on behalf of

the television station and

defrauding unsuspecting people of their hard-

earned money.

Crime Alert gathered that for some time now,

the management

of the popular television station received

complaints from people who had been

victims of the suspect’s nefarious activities.

However, trouble started for the impostor

when he called a

popular Yoruba actress named Iyabo Ojo,

soliciting for a personality interview

for her that would feature on Channels

Television, and made some financial

demands that the actress was expected to

pay.

Unfortunately for him, he was unaware that

the actress had

contact with some officials at the TV station,

who she immediately contacted to

verify if anyone with the said name is a staff

of the media house. The

officials confirmed that they had no staff with

that name. They collected his

contact details from the actress.

Entrapment

Then sometime in August, the suspect

allegedly entered into

a deal with a prospective client and demanded

for a personality interview.

After necessary negotiations, he billed the

prospective client N300,000 for the

interview, which would be paid at the venue

of the interview session.

Unknown to him that the media house has

been on his trail

for a while, the suspect and his crew

members arrived at the scheduled venue

where operatives of State Investigation

Bureau (SIB) picked him and his crew

members, made up of a cameraman and a

reporter.

Defence

In his defence, Adams who claimed to be a

trained

cinematographer revealed that before he

began to parade himself as a staff of

the TV station, he had worked with the late

Aromire of Yotomi TV. “I started

parading myself as a staff of Channels

Television last year. Usually, I go to

any slated event or interview as a staff of

Channels TV . But each time I am at

an event and the real Channels staff come, I

will leave. Most times, I would have

collected the honorary before their staff arrive

at the venue.

“I attended a cinematography school (name

withheld) located

within Egbeda area of Lagos. It was at the

school I learnt basic skills of the

job.

But all those events or interviews were never

broadcast on

any television station or Channels TV because

I don’t work for them. I pay my

crew members after each job. I promised to

pay the reporter N10,000 after the

interview before I was arrested that day.”

The wife of suspect, Mrs Adeshina Adams,

who was initially

angry that the client who contracted her

husband for an interview was

responsible for his arrest, had this to say: “My

husband told me that he works

with Channels TV? I didn’t know he was not

employed by the station. And I

believed him because he has a Channels TV

identity card. I never for once

suspected that he was impersonating. Please

forgive him. It is a mistake. It

won’t happen again.”

Crime Alert gathered that the male reporter

who works with

Sunshine TV as a freelance and the

cameraman didn’t know that Adams was

impersonating and defrauding people.