A man simply identified as Emmanuel has been arrested in Lagos for allegedly parading himself as a Commissioner of Police.
Lagos State Police command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the suspect’s arrest during a press briefing on Monday.
Hundeyin, who was giving updates on recent achievements recorded by the command, said the impersonator who has been parading himself before the public as a Police Commissioner met his waterloo when he walked into a police station recently.
The police mouthpiece said the feat achieved by the command included the arrest of 12 others for various offences committed in the last two weeks.
He said that within the period, the command recovered four firearms, two live cartridges, one expended cartridge, 11 live ammunition and one vehicle from the culprits.
Hundeyin revealed other items recovered to include two wristwatches, six phones, some quantities of weed, suspected to be a variant of drugs, a walkie-talkie, Police warrant cards and a police camouflage cap and singlet.
The image maker said the suspected “fake CP, simply identified as Emmanuel, was arrested on Sept. 2, at about 4.40 p.m. when he visited a police formation in the Ikorodu area and introduced himself as a Commissioner of Police.
“He was fully regarded as such but upon questioning, he was discovered to be an impersonator.
“During a search in his residence, we recovered a Deputy Commissioner of Police warrant card, an Assistant Commissioner of Police warrant card, Kenwood walkie-talkie, police camouflage singlet and face cap.”
Similarly, the spokesperson said that another impersonator was arrested on September 4 following a complaint from the Nigeria Bar Association, Epe Area of Lagos.
Hundeyin said that the suspect, Ibrahim Bello, has allegedly been conducting and presenting himself as a Lawyer at the Epe Magistrate Courts for several years.
He said police operatives arrested the suspect fully dressed in a lawyer’s regalia in the court where he went to depend on a client.
“He was brought in for questioning, where he was discovered to be an impersonator,” he said.
According to Hundeyin, items found with him which were also paraded, include his portrait with the inscription: “Bello Law Firm Office, Obas & Chiefs of Lagos State Law, Tenancy Law 2015, Due Process of Law and Law of Trespass of Land and Nuisance.”
When the suspect was interviewed, he claimed to be an estate agent and not a lawyer, OsunDailyNG learnt.
Hundeyin said other suspects arrested included a woman, arrested on Sunday at about 1.00 p.m., in the Igbogbo area of Ikorodu for allegedly being in possession of a large quantity of weed, suspected to be hard drugs.
He said the woman was found with 97 wraps of colours, 22 wraps of loud, some mixtures of loud and Arizona and a sum of N271,600, her proceeds as at the time of the arrest.
He added that other suspects were arrested for alleged rape, armed robbery, cultism and defilement, adding that after discreet investigation, the suspects would be prosecuted before a competent court of law.
