A young man in his early 30s identified as Seidu Nuri-Deen has been arrested by the Sasaka Police in Tamale for posing as the Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency, Alhaji Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini and defrauding unsuspecting persons on Facebook.
The suspect who was picked up from a wedding grounds on Sunday admitted to the offence and claimed he was already looking for the MP to apologise to him for using his name to dupe his victims
It is gathered that several persons have fallen victim to his activities as he is reported to have created a facebook account bearing the name and images of the lawmaker in perpetuating this crime.
In October this year, the MP raise red flags about some unscrupulous persons using a fictitious facebook a count of defrauding unsuspecting individuals.
According to him, he was not in any way connected to the said account which bears his name and images calling on the public to disregard contents of it.