Fake Police Commissioner Nabbed In Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an impersonator who was presenting himself as a Police Commissioner to the public.

SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesperson, confirmed the arrest during a press briefing on Monday, September 11, where he discussed the recent accomplishments of the command.

Mr Hundeyin reported that the person believed to be impersonating a Commissioner of Police, known as Emmanuel, was taken into custody on September 2nd, around 4:40 p.m., during a visit to a police facility in the Ikorodu area, where he falsely represented 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, the spokesperson of the command said that another impersonator was arrested on Sept. 4 following a complaint from the Nigeria Bar Association, Epe Area of Lagos.

Hundeyin said that the suspect, one Ibrahim Bello, has allegedly been conducting and presenting himself as a Lawyer at the Epe Magistrate Courts for several years.

According to him, operatives of the Command arrested the suspect fully dressed in a lawyer’s regalia in the court where he went to depend 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 the 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.