Police arrest ‘fake’ naval officer in Nasarawa

The Nasarawa police command says it has arrested a “fake” naval officer in the state.

Ramhan Nansel, the command’s spokesperson, confirmed this on Saturday in Lafia, adding that the suspect was arrested wearing full military camouflage and with an identity card bearing his name.

Nansel said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect procured the military regalia and equipment in Lagos state.

He noted that the suspect had been wearing it to deceive unsuspecting members of the public.

“On August 25, 2022, a 33 years old man, an indigene of Nasarawa-Eggon local government area, was nabbed wearing military camouflage,” he said.

“The suspect who claimed to be working in Kogi state was arrested at Doma market, while wearing full military camouflage, by operatives of 4 Special forces command, Doma and handed over to the police for further investigation.”

Nansel said the military equipment recovered from the suspect includes two sets of combat short knickers, a jackknife, two identification cards of the Nigeria merchant navy carrying the suspect’s name, a belt, and two mobile phones.

He added that Adesina Soyemi, commissioner of police, has ordered the state criminal investigation department to carry out an exhaustive investigation to unravel other crimes committed by the suspect.

Nansel said the suspect would be charged to court for prosecution after the investigation.

The development is coming a year after the police command arrested Nasiru Ahmed for parading himself as a naval officer in Karu LGA