Lagos police arrest dismissed corporal ‘parading self as inspector’

The Lagos police command has arrested a dismissed corporal for allegedly impersonating a serving inspector of police.

Speaking with NAN on Saturday, Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesperson, said the suspect was arrested on June 4 at Gaskiya college road junction in Ijora-Badiya.

Hundeyin said the 35-year-old, who lives in Sango Ota, Ogun state, was arrested while riding an unregistered motorcycle.

“The suspect identified himself as a police inspector and brought out a police identification card bearing his name and photograph and depicting him as an inspector of police,” he said.

“During investigation, police got a court order to search his home at Sango Ota and conducted the search on June 8.

“In the process, a pair of uniform with sergeant rank, one operational jacket with inscription `SARS LAS SCORPION’, one pair of camouflage with inspector rank and one jacket with `Special Forces’ inscription were recovered.

“Also recovered from the suspect were one police belt, a pair of police boots, one camouflage tee-shirt, one police beret with crest and one pair of unsewn blue uniform.”

Hundeyin said preliminary investigation showed that the suspect had been using the uniforms since his dismissal from the police in 2017.

He added that investigation also showed that the suspect had been “changing his rank anytime the police promoted his serving recruited mates”.

Hundeyin said the suspect would be arraigned upon completion of investigation.