The police operatives attached to
the X-Squad Department of the Zone 2 Command, Onikan Lagos have arrested 2(two)
dismissed members of the Nigeria Police Force for impersonation and using
police uniform/accoutrements to harass and extort innocent Nigerians.
They also drive commercial vehicles in police uniform at various locations
within Lagos State.
The arrest was in connection with
the moves by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2
Command, Lagos, AIG Abdulmajid Ali to bring sanity to police activities in the
command and make sure that the image of the Nigeria Police is
protected.
It will be recalled that the police
boss on assumption of duty in Lagos on August 1,2016 vowed to
sustain his fight against unethical, inappropriate and illegal conducts of
police personnel within his command and promote the Inspector's-General of
Police principles of modern and conventional policing in Nigeria.
Based on the directive of Zone 2 Assistant
Inspector-General of Police, the X-Squad operatives who were on
routine patrol within Lagos State, led by SP Akinyide Alabi arrested one Joseph
Okoya at Abule Ado Bus Stop, along Badagry Expressway, while driving a
commercial bus with Reg.No. XC 755 LSR in police uniform on Saturday. He
confessed to have been dismissed from the force since 2010.
The same team also arrested one Yohanna
Bitrus on recently at the Trade Fair Complex, Lagos. He was putting on a complete
Mobile Police Uniform while performing illegal police duties. Police
investigation so far reveals that he had been dismissed since 2015 for
disciplinary offenses.
Items recovered from them included
police uniforms, police accoutrements, police ID cards, piles of petitions and
statement forms, letter heads and some other incriminating documents.
The suspects, who have confessed to
using police uniform to perpetrate many illegal acts, are already been
charged to Gbosere Magistrate Court, Lagos for Impersonation and unlawful
possession of Police accoutrements.
*TEENAGE SWINDLER ARRESTED
The
Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command, have
apprehended one Adeyefa Segun, an 18 -year-old boy for allegedly selling bar of
soap as mobile phones to unsuspecting members of public in traffic.
The suspect was arrested by the RRS operatives while on routine patrol around Ikorodu Motor Park on Wednesday August 30, 216 around 19:50 pm while trying to defraud a young man at the motor park.
During interrogation, Segun confessed to have recently duped one person of N3, 500 who wanted to buy a phone. He noted that he was lured into the fraud business after he was duped through a similar means about a year ago.
“My action was as a result of being swindled by two guys about a year ago. I had intention of buying a phone but unknowingly to me it was a cut-to-size bar of soap just looked similar to a phone shape. The two guys approached me on my way to work, then, I was learning a plumbing work somewhere around Ikorodu. I bought the phone which was advertised to me as ‘London used phone’ for N2, 500. As I left the place, I checked the phone I bought, to my surprise; I discovered it was a soap I bought for such amount. That very moment I promised myself to revenge by doing same to the people”, he confessed.
The suspect who lives at 81, Oriwu Road, Ikorodu, Lagos State, further revealed how he perpetuated the fraud under the false pretense of selling a genuine phone.
"What I usually do is called exchange. My prospective victims will have the mind of buying handset from me but unknowingly to them I would have changed the real handset to soap wrapped with cut to size carton put inside an envelope. I will engage them in discussion after showing them real phone initially, and in the process of bargaining for the price, I will change it with the aid of white handkerchief to fake phone. And, I will tell them to keep the phone inside their pockets immediately that people are watching us. As soon as the buyer left the spot, I will immediately change my location by moving to another place". The suspect revealed.
The suspect was arrested by the RRS operatives while on routine patrol around Ikorodu Motor Park on Wednesday August 30, 216 around 19:50 pm while trying to defraud a young man at the motor park.
During interrogation, Segun confessed to have recently duped one person of N3, 500 who wanted to buy a phone. He noted that he was lured into the fraud business after he was duped through a similar means about a year ago.
“My action was as a result of being swindled by two guys about a year ago. I had intention of buying a phone but unknowingly to me it was a cut-to-size bar of soap just looked similar to a phone shape. The two guys approached me on my way to work, then, I was learning a plumbing work somewhere around Ikorodu. I bought the phone which was advertised to me as ‘London used phone’ for N2, 500. As I left the place, I checked the phone I bought, to my surprise; I discovered it was a soap I bought for such amount. That very moment I promised myself to revenge by doing same to the people”, he confessed.
The suspect who lives at 81, Oriwu Road, Ikorodu, Lagos State, further revealed how he perpetuated the fraud under the false pretense of selling a genuine phone.
"What I usually do is called exchange. My prospective victims will have the mind of buying handset from me but unknowingly to them I would have changed the real handset to soap wrapped with cut to size carton put inside an envelope. I will engage them in discussion after showing them real phone initially, and in the process of bargaining for the price, I will change it with the aid of white handkerchief to fake phone. And, I will tell them to keep the phone inside their pockets immediately that people are watching us. As soon as the buyer left the spot, I will immediately change my location by moving to another place". The suspect revealed.
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