Dec. 31, 2023

The Police in Lagos State have arrested a man, who allegedly paraded himself as a Police officer before commercial motorcyclists, whom he allegedly defrauded to the tune of N670,000.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday.

Hundeyin said that the suspect was arrested after information about his activities was received for allegedly printing fake Police ID Card and issued same to some motorcyclists, who paid him between N50,000 and N70,000.

He said that the purpose of issuing them the card was to serve as ‘Police errand boys’, should they be stopped at any security check point, particularly Police check point.

“It is a case of conspiracy, impersonation, obtaining money under false pretense and stealing.

“We got information on Dec. 12 against one Michael Utsu and others now at large.

“The suspect, in Oct. 25, presented himself to be a police officer attached to Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan Lagos and was collecting passport photographs from commercial motorcyclists.

“He promised to print them a police plastic identity card meant for errand boys to police, using different police formations for the id card issued to the motorcyclists, collecting between N50,000 and N70,000 on each id card issued,” he said.

The image maker further said that the suspect confessed to the crimes, stressing that the cards printed were given to motorcyclists at Ojo, Okokomaiko and Ajangbadi axis of Lagos and collected the amount from the victims.

Hundeyin said that the suspect would be charged to court on completion of the investigation. (NAN)