To put an end to rampant impersonation of Journalists by some persons, the Nigeria Police has announced the arrest of five persons.

According to the Police, they are specialised in impersonating Journalists to gain access to important occasions so as to steal from important personalities.

Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood said those arrested included the gang leader, Musa Auwalu, from Kano, Kolawole Akinbode, from Ogun, Umar Abba, from Adamawa, Abdullahi Muhammed, from Bauchi, and Muhammad Sale, from Kano.

Moshood, a Chief Superintendent of Police, said the suspects were arrested in Ogun, Edo, Abuja and Kano.

He listed items recovered from the suspects to include thirteen cell phones, fake Journalist identity cards purportedly issued by non-existing media outfits, and a house in Kano built by Auwalu.

The Inspector-General’s Intelligence Response Team trailed and arrested the suspects after complaints of stolen phones from important personalities, who attended a wedding in Abeokuta, Ogun on July 8.

The house built by Auwalu in Kano, with proceeds of such thefts, has been identified,” he said.

Moshood said the suspects had confessed to the crime and also admitted to the various roles they played in the commission of such crimes over time.

The spokesman said the suspects had also confessed that they specialised in impersonating as Journalists to gain access into venues of important occasions to steal.

Investigation is being intensified to arrest other suspects still at large. All the suspects will be arraigned on completion of investigation,” he said.