‘Chief Djiba’ Was Actually an Impostor: The Truth About Saliou Ngom Emerges

Saliou Ngom, a 26-year-old security guard from Keur Massar, was caught by Dakar’s Urban Security unit and referred to prosecutors for impersonating a public official. Carrying handcuffs and a fake professional ID, he posed as a police officer from Dakar’s central police station using the name “Chief Djiba” and threatened to take a sex worker away unless she paid him 15,000 CFA francs. After the woman alerted a friend, police arranged to monitor the location and arrested Ngom when he returned two days later. He confessed and said he had acted to cover medical expenses for his sick wife.