By Tordue Salem
ABUJA—Men of the State Security Services, SSS, yesterday paraded one Prince Joseph Etella Harry alias Godfather Generale for false identity and extortion of money from government officials under the guise of registering ex-militants.

Besides the charges leveled against him, the security service is also accusing him of claiming to be an Izon or a Kalabri when he is actually from Abia State.

The suspect who quickly dropped his ‘name’ for the new name of ‘Blessed Samuel’, on parade, said “The Lord God has transformed me and I am a new man”, he however did not disclose his real name at press time.

During a question-and-answer session with newsmen, he also claimed that he is maternally-related to the late National Vice Chairman of the All Nigerian Peoples Party, ANPP, Dr. Marshal Harry.

The spokesperson for the SSS, Mrs, Marylyne Ogar who briefed newsmen before the suspect was paraded, said: “The suspect who has no visible means of livelihood, has been exploiting the Federal Government’s amnesty programme to swindle unsuspecting ex-militants and government functionaries, particularly those from the Niger Delta.”

“Consequently, he was arrested on June, 2010 at the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Timi Alaibe at the Federal Secretariat, while in possession of seditious literature and classified documents. Investigations so far revealed that he floated a fake ‘Joseph Harry Foundation’, which he fraudulently enlisted with the Demobilisation and Disarmament Committee of the Amnesty programme.

“He issued seditious press releases to portray the Federal Government and Amnesty Programme in bad light to seek attention and attract patronage, mobilized unregistered ex-militants to Abuja while inciting them against authorities”

The suspect was also accused of “incurring huge debts in the hotels in Abuja and eloping, notably from Transcorp Hilton, Q-Palace and Mpape Plaza Hotels, etc and possessed photocopy of seemingly classified letter without reference number, purportedly from the President Yar’Adua, to the Speaker of House of Representatives”.