By Wilson Adekumola
The operatives of Lagos State Police Command have arrested a dismissed police Corporal for allegedly impersonating as a serving Inspector of Police.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement released on Saturday.
Hundeyin revealed that “a pair of uniforms with sergeant rank, one jacket with inscription ‘SARS LAS SCORPION’, one pair of camouflages with Inspector rank, and one jacket with ‘Special Forces’ inscription were recovered,” after a search was conducted in the suspect’s house.
The dismissed Corporal was reportedly arrested while riding an unregistered motorcycle on State government restricted route for commercial motorcycle operators, popularly known as Okada riders.
The police noted that such person is disgraceful to the Force, causing problems in the public, and misleading the members of the public.
It was said that the police apprehended him, he brought out an identity card showing that he was a serving police Inspector.
Meanwhile, the policemen who were suspicious about his claim,took him to the station where he was detained before obtaining a Court search warrant to seerch his residence .
“Also recovered from the suspect were one police belt, a pair of police boots, one camouflage T-shirt, one police beret with crest and one pair of unsewn blue uniform.”
The PPRO disclosed that the suspect was arrested on June 4, at Gaskiya College Road Junction, Ijora-Badiya, during a police stop-and-search team, adding that when and the suspect was interrogated to know why he was riding a motorcycle on a restricted a major road .
Huneyin said, “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.
According to Hundeyin, preliminary investigation established that the suspect had been using the uniforms since his dismissal from the police in 2017, adding that investigation also revealed that the suspect had been changing his rank anytime the police promoted his serving recruited mates.
The spokesman said the suspect would be arraigned upon completion of investigation.
The dismissed Corporal was reportedly arrested while riding an unregistered motorcycle on State government restricted route for commercial motorcycle operators, popularly known as Okada riders.
He noted that such person is disgraceful to the Force, causing problems in the public, and misleading the members of the public.
It was said that ehen the suspect was the police apprehended him, he brought out an identity card showing that he was a serving police Inspector.
Meanwhile, the policemen who were suspicious about his claim,took him to the station where he was detained before obtaining a Court search warrant to seerch his residence .
Th Lagos State Command Spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, revealed that when a search was conducted in his house,” a pair of uniforms with Sergeant rank, one operational jacket with inscription `SARS LAS SCORPION’, one pair of camouflages with Inspector rank, and one jacket with `Special Forces’ inscription were recovered.
“Also recovered from the suspect were one police belt, a pair of police boots, one camouflage T-shirt, one police beret with crest and one pair of unsewn blue uniform.”
The PPRO disclosed that the suspect was arrested on June 4, at Gaskiya College Road Junction, Ijora-Badiya, during a police stop-and-search team, adding that when and the suspect was interrogated to know why he was riding a motorcycle on a restricted a major road .
Huneyin said, “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.
Hundeyin said preliminary investigation showed that the suspect had been using the uniforms since his dismissal from the police in 2017, adding that investigation also revealed that the suspect had been changing his rank anytime the police promoted his serving recruited mates.
The spokesman said the suspect would be arraigned upon completion of investigation.
