A 24-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly impersonating a police officer in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola, made this known late Wednesday adding that the suspect had robbed different PoS owners in the area with her tactics.
Opalola said that an angry mob had pounced on her on Tuesday when the police rescued and took her into custody.
The personnel who saved her from lynching, according to the PPRO, took her to Ata-Oja Police Division in Osogbo.
She said, “In April, the suspect went to a PoS stand and presented herself as a police officer serving at Ata-Oja Police Division.
“She ‘arrested’ the sales girl and seized her bag containing a PoS machine, N20,000 and one phone valued N15,000.”
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The suspect was said to have tricked her victim on their way to Ata-Oja Police Division and escaped with her belongings.
Upon arrest, N246,650, an Opay PoS machine worth N30,000, one phone, one Ekiti State University identity card and one voter’s card were recovered.
Also, two PoS business record books and one itel phone without battery, suspected to belong to another victim, were found.
Investigation showed the suspect already transferred N100,000 from the recovered PoS machine to a bank account. She will be charged to court soon.
Meanwhile, the police in Ekiti State have dragged a 32-year-old man, Uche George, to an Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged theft and assault.
George was accused of beating one Ajayi Kolawole as well as stealing his Infinix phone.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Celeb Leramo, alleged in court on Wednesday that “on May 4, around 3pm at the Ijigbo area, Ado Ekiti, the defendant did assault one Ajayi Kolawole, by beating him all over his body with blows.
“Also, the defendant did steal an Infinix Hot 12i valued at N80,000 property of Kolawole.
“The offences committed are punishable under Sections 185 and 302 Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria 2021.”
Counsel for the defendant, Luke Mbam, urged the court to grant his client bail in liberal terms, promising to provide credible surety.
The Chief Magistrate, Saka Afunso, granted him bail in the sum of N25,000 with one surety and adjourned the case to June 29 for hearing.