Two persons allegedly parading themselves as a police officers have been arrested by operatives of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, attached to Lagos State Police Command.
The suspects identified as 43-year-old Lawal Hakeem and Abiodun Ibrahim, 32, were apprehended at mile 2 area of the state.
Confirming the arrest, RRS Commander, ACP Olatunji Disu, said the police while on patrol sighted the two suspects in mufti behaving in suspicious manner. He said both men claimed they were police officers when questioned.
According to him, “the RRS operatives continued interrogations, after a while, one of them, Lawal Hakeem, showed his cloned police identification card. The RRS men looked at the ID card critically and discovered it was fake. Immediately, both of them were arrested and driven to headquarters for further questioning.”
The RSS commander also revealed that Abiodun during interrogation confessed he was not a police officer but a friend to Hakeem, adding that he was just trying to settle a dispute that ensued between Hakeem and one private car driver at the scene of arrest before the policemen arrested them.
Hakeem, who resides at No 16, Shittu Ajiron, Ajangbadi, Ojo Local Government Area, also confessed that he was once a police officer but was dismissed since July 2014.
“I got enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on April 4, 1989, with force number 180939 before I was dismissed last year due to absenteeism from work after the death of my wife. Since then, things have not been easy for me. I was only parading myself as police officer to find means of livelihood,” Hakeem said.
Disu stated that the duo would be charged to court upon completion of investigation on the matter.
Culled NationalMirror
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