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Police in Lagos State have arrested a dismissed corporal allegedly impersonating a serving Inspector of Police.
According to the Police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Saturday, police operatives arrested the suspect on June 4 at Gaskiya College Road Junction, Ijora-Badiya, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Hundeyin said a preliminary investigation showed that the suspect had been using the uniforms since his dismissal from the police in 2017.
He said the 35-year-old suspect and resident of Sango Ota in Ogun was arrested while riding an unregistered motorcycle.
He added that a police stop-and-search team accosted the suspect and interrogated him to establish why he was riding a motorcycle on a major road despite the order banning such activity.
“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.
“During the 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 uniforms 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…
