A mother of three, Alimat Kemi
Mustapha, has been arrested for impersonating a Police Inspector in Ogbomoso,
has told the Oyo State.
Mustapha, 40, who was arrested on
December 15, 2017, told policemen attached to Oyo State Police Command that she
was dismissed as a Police Sergeant in 2007, but impersonated an Inspector in
order to dupe unsuspecting Nigerians.
The suspect, who was alleged to
always wear full Inspector of Police uniform, was presented to journalists at
the Eleyele Police Headquarters by the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr
Abiodun Odude.
Mustapha confessed that she did not return
her police kits after she was dismissed in Abuja.
Odudesaid: "The impostor,
wearing police uniform with an Inspector rank was arrested by the Owode-Ogbomoso
police division on December 15, 2017 around 1.00 pm, after she fraudulently
bought electronics worth N600, 000 from Vincent Nwachi a shop located at Takie
Isale area of Ogbomoso with an assurance that she would pay through money
transfer.
The CP explained: "Investigation
revealed that the suspect was dismissed in 2007, but did not return police kits
in her possession. Before her arrest, she had been using the police uniform to
obtain goods and services from unsuspecting innocent members of the public. She
has confessed to the crime and will soon be arraigned in court.”
Odude said: "I have three
children. My husband is dead. I was dismissed as a sergeant in Abuja before I
relocated to Oyo State. I’m from Oyo State. I did not submit my police kits,
but I later started presenting myself as an Inspector rank.”
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