Fake Bheki Cele social media accounts have angered the police ministry, which says they jeopardise the lives of law-abiding citizens whose intention is to work with the police on crime prevention
Fake Bheki Cele social media accounts have angered the police ministry, which says they jeopardise the lives of law-abiding citizens whose intention is to work and collaborate with the police on crime prevention.There are more than 160 social media accounts across Twitter and Facebook under police minister Bheki Cele's name and none of them belong to him, says the police ministry.
“Cele has no social media account, be it private or official,” said the SA Police Service. “Cele has denounced any social media account in his name as fake and has issued a stern warning to those impostors whose motive for impersonating the minister cannot be for anything else but to draw unsuspecting social media users into their criminal activities.”
The ministry said some of the accounts were using pictures that were about 10 years old from when the Cele was still the national commissioner.
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