Fake DSP |
Police operatives attached to the
X-Squad team have arrested a dismissed police inspector, who allegedly posed as
a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in order to fool Nigerians.
The suspect, Afoke Adetolani, 58,
was arrested on November, 25, 2015. He told police detectives that he got the
uniform from his friend who was a serving policeman. He said that the friend
died this year while on duty.
The suspect was arrested by the X-Squad
team, which was on patrol along Oshodi. The supposed ‘DSP’ was driving a
Volkswagen commercial bus, marked KSF-662-XC on the day he was arrested. The
bus was filled with building and electrical materials. He claimed the items
belonged to his sister.
Adetolani was once an Inspector in
the Nigeria Police, Force, traffic section, but later got dismissed.
He said: “I started using the
uniform this year. I used it to protect myself against officials of the Lagos
State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA). They used to threaten bus
drivers with arrest. To avoid been arrested by them, I decided to dress as a
policeman to facilitate the movement of goods. I didn’t have the uniform of a
policeman, but one of my friends, a policeman decided to help me. I told the
policeman, who is now dead, to help me get the uniform, putting my name on it.
He collected N15, 000 from me. After that, I began to use it. I would put
it on whenever I wanted to drive. But on
the day I was arrested, I didn’t wear it. I was driving the commercial bus to
Oshodi. I wanted to go and deliver some electrical and building materials to my
sister’s customers.”
He recollected that policemen, who
were on patrol, flagged him down. They searched the bus and found the uniform hanging
inside.
“I was immediately arrested even
though I wasn’t wearing the uniform. I had my Identity card with me. The card
was given to me by the same police friend that gave me the uniform. I flashed
the ID card at them, but they still arrested me.”
Revealing how he was dismissed from
police, Adetolani said: “I was once an Inspector of Police in the year 1984. I
was dismissed after a small boy lied against me about a missing vehicle. I now drive
a commercial bus to make ends meet. I wear the DSP uniform just to protect
myself from LASTMA harassment.”
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