Edo state arrests fake soldier intimidating residents

A fake soldier, Sunday James, has been arrested by officials of the Edo State Public Works Volunteers for in the state.

The PUWOV state commander, Mukhtar Yusuf-Osagie, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, said Sunday James had been intimidating and oppressing residents and traders in the Benin metropolis while presenting himself as a military officer.

He said the fake soldier was arrested following intelligence and complaints from residents in the area. James was nabbed at the Oba Ovonramwen Square in Benin, with a fake military identification card from the Civil Intelligence Agency.

Sunday James

According to Yusuf-Osagie, the suspected fake soldier has been handed over to the Oba Market Police Division for further investigation and prosecution.

He said, “Officials of PUWOV have apprehended one Sunday James for impersonating and parading as an officer of the Nigerian Army at the Oba Ovonranmen Square in Benin City. The suspect was arrested wearing military uniforms, with a fake identity card.

Fake CIA identity card

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“His arrest followed a tip-off that the suspect has been presenting himself as a serving soldier in the area for a while, and has been intimidating and harassing residents, traders and others in the Oba Ovonranmen Square and environs.

“The suspect ran out of luck on December 7, 2021, when he went on with his normal business of harassing and intimidating residents on Camouflage T-shirt, when he was apprehended by PUWOV officials.”