Four fake soldiers who were arrested at Idi-Araba, Agege and Mile 2 areas of Lagos state, were paraded by Fatai Owoseni, the Lagos State commissioner of police, on Tuesday, October 27.
According to the police, the suspects are 25-year old John Izunwanne, 23-year-old John Otu, 22-year-old Richard Acha, and 39-year-old Simon Anthony.
Owoseni who spoke with newsmen said that materials recovered from the suspects included: two pairs of the Nigerian army camouflage uniform, a pair of army uniform, army camouflage t-shirt, a pair of boots, two army belts and two jungle hats.
One of the arrested persons, Anthony, revelaed that he had been dismissed from service as a corporal for falling out from duty.
“I was dismissed in January 2014 for falling out from duty. I am from Adamawa state. I wanted to use the uniform to travel to Lagos because I had no transport money. But unfortunately, I was arrested by soldiers,” he said.
Another suspect, Acha, said that he had found the camouflage t-shirt inside a bag his brother gave him at Ikeja cantonment.
Izunwanne told journalists that he bought the uniform at Ojo Cantonment on September 2.