The Lagos State police command has apprehended a suspected fraudster who specialises in falsifying claims against policemen.
Lagos Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni
The Lagos Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, has confirmed the arrest of a suspect for attempting to implicate some policemen in Lagos.
According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), it was gathered that the suspect, a fraudster who has an habit for fermenting false allegations on policemen to implicate them for unknown reasons.
Owoseni said Mohammed Isah was specialised in lying against policemen, with a view to defrauding the Force. He said intelligence reports had showed that the man was a fraudster who had earlier done the same in Akure, which led to the sack of six officers.
The sacked offiers - Insp. Ogunborode Oluremi (team leader), Sgt. Osho Akindayo, Cpl. Adesina Olarewaju, Cpl. Simon Osademe, Cpl. Gabriel Adejoro and Cpl. Oluwamunewa Tope who claimed never to have set eyes on the suspect before were discharged on allegations of extortion
The commissioner stressed that the suspect was arrested after lying against some policemen in Lagos, claiming that the officers collected N188, 200 from him.
“The team was invited and interrogated and it was discovered that the suspect never had any contact with them.
“Investigations revealed that the suspect had made similar allegations previously against some policemen in Anambra, Ondo and four other state commands.
“All he does is to copy the registration numbers on police patrol vehicles and then he goes to the headquarters to complain that the officers using that particular vehicle had extorted him.
“Many police officers have been punished, six were dismissed in the Ondo State Command with his false allegations. The suspect has confessed to the crime and exonerated the officers who have been so punished or dismissed,’’ Owoseni said.
The commissioner, however, assured that he would take up the case of the dismissed officers in the Ondo State Command with the appropriate authority.