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Fake Commissioner of Police Apprehended and Paraded in Lagos (Photo)
Men from the Lagos state police command apprehended a phony police commissioner.
On Monday, September 11, the impostor who has been presenting himself to the public as a Police Commissioner was paraded.
SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesman, confirmed the arrest while updating reporters on the command’s recent accomplishments.
He said that the alleged “fake CP,” simply known as Emmanuel, was apprehended on September 2 at approximately 4.40 p.m. when he went to a police formation in Ikorodu and announced 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,” he said
In a related development;
According to the command’s spokesman, another impostor was detained on September 4 in response to a complaint from the Nigeria Bar Association, Epe Area of Lagos.
According to Hundeyin, the suspect, Ibrahim Bello, has reportedly been conducting and presenting himself as a lawyer in the Epe Magistrate Courts for numerous years.
Hundeyin confirmed that operatives from the Command apprehended the suspect while he was fully clothed as a lawyer’s regalia in a court where he had gone to rely on a client.
“He was brought in for questioning, where he was discovered to be an impersonator,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that items found with him, which were also paraded, include his portrait with 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.