Police in Ogun State have arrested a 35-year-old man, Taiwo Agboola, for allegedly parading himself as a policeman.
The suspect was nabbed with fake uniform and accoutrements by police detectives attached to the Otta Division of the command.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, who
confirmed this in a statement yesterday, said the suspect had been
placed under surveillance for some time before he was eventually
arrested.
Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, disclosed that items
recovered from the suspect included a police T-shirt, identity card
bearing his name with a corporal rank, hand cuff and tear gas.
He said: “The suspect has been parading himself as a policeman over
time and has been placed under surveillance by the police detectives in
Otta for his arrest when a good Nigerian put a call to the police of the
suspect’s presence in the area in Otta before he was eventually
arrested.
“The suspect who hails from Ile-Ife, Osun State, confirmed that he
had been in love with the police job right from his childhood but was
discouraged by his late mother; hence his interest in getting police
materials and accoutrements for this dirty ‘business’ of investigating
and settling cases amicably for his customers.”
The PPRO stated that the state Police Commissioner, Ikemefuna Okoye,
had ordered that the suspect be transferred to the State Department of
Criminal Investigation (SCID), Eleweran, Abeokuta, for thorough
investigation.
“Okoye has developed interest in this matter as he believes that the
suspect must have perpetrated many wrongful acts with police name
thereby denting the precious image of the Nigeria Police,” Adejobi said.
He, therefore, appealed to members of the public to always draw
police attention to police officers who engaged in strange or unethical
behaviours around them.
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The suspect was nabbed with fake uniform and accoutrements by police detectives attached to the Otta Division of the command.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed this in a statement yesterday, said the suspect had been placed under surveillance for some time before he was eventually arrested.
Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, disclosed that items recovered from the suspect included a police T-shirt, identity card bearing his name with a corporal rank, hand cuff and tear gas.
He said: “The suspect has been parading himself as a policeman over time and has been placed under surveillance by the police detectives in Otta for his arrest when a good Nigerian put a call to the police of the suspect’s presence in the area in Otta before he was eventually arrested.
“The suspect who hails from Ile-Ife, Osun State, confirmed that he had been in love with the police job right from his childhood but was discouraged by his late mother; hence his interest in getting police materials and accoutrements for this dirty ‘business’ of investigating and settling cases amicably for his customers.”
The PPRO stated that the state Police Commissioner, Ikemefuna Okoye, had ordered that the suspect be transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation (SCID), Eleweran, Abeokuta, for thorough investigation.
“Okoye has developed interest in this matter as he believes that the suspect must have perpetrated many wrongful acts with police name thereby denting the precious image of the Nigeria Police,” Adejobi said.
He, therefore, appealed to members of the public to always draw police attention to police officers who engaged in strange or unethical behaviours around them.
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