The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has disowned the scam number, +234 707 743 7582 of an impostor on social media platform, WhatsApp.

Segun Tomori, Special Assistant on Media to the Minister, in a press statement on Wednesday noted that the telephone number is not associated with the minister, his aides, or anyone in the minister’s office and urged the public to disregard any correspondence or communication supposedly from him through the said contact number.

The statement read, “The attention of the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has been drawn to a phone number being used by a scammer, purporting to be the minister on the popular social media platform, WhatsApp.

“This is the handiwork of an impostor. The Minister urges the public to disregard any correspondence or communication supposedly from him through the said contact number.

“This serves as a disclaimer while we work with the security agencies to identify the culprit and bring upon him the full weight of the law.