A dismissed corporal has been arrested for allegedly impersonating a serving Inspector of Police in Lagos State.
The suspect was nabbed by the police in Lagos as disclosed by the Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin on Saturday at the Ikeja part of the state.
He revealed that police operatives arrested the 35-year-old suspect on June 4 at Gaskiya College Road Junction, Ijora-Badija.
The police image maker, while speaking further said the suspect, a resident at Sango Ota in Ogun was arrested while riding an unregistered motorcycle.
The suspect was challenged by a police stop-and-search team, Hundeyin told newsmen.
He said the police team interrogated him to establish why he was riding a motorcycle on a major road despite an order banning such activity.
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According to the police spokesperson, “The suspect identified himself as a Police Inspector and brought out a police identification card bearing his name and photograph and depicting him as an Inspector of Police.
“During investigation, police got a court order to search his home at Sango Ota and conducted the search on June 8.
“In the process, a pair of uniforms with Sergeant rank, one operational jacket with inscription `SARS LAS SCORPION’, one pair of camouflage with Inspector rank and one jacket with `Special Forces’ inscription were recovered.
“Also recovered from the suspect was one police belt, a pair of police boots, one camouflage tee-shirt, one police beret with crest and one pair of unsewn blue uniform.”
Hundeyin said a preliminary investigation showed that the suspect had been using the uniforms since his dismissal from the police in 2017.
He added that the investigation also showed that the suspect had been changing his rank anytime the police promoted his serving recruited mates.
Hundeyin also told disclosed that the suspect would be arraigned upon completion of investigation.