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In The Line Of Duty...01
I make N10,000 every two
hours –Fake policeman
Punch June 9, 2016 Samson
Folarin
A 33-year-old man, Austin Okwuokei, has been
arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly claiming to be a
policeman and extorting money from motorists.
PUNCH Metro learnt
that the Ogwashi-Uku Delta State indigene was apprehended by policemen attached
to the command’s monitoring team last Thursday at the Costain Roundabout,
Iponri.
The suspect allegedly started extorting motorists
in the state last year, after arriving from Edo State, where he had his family.
The suspect was arrested after complaints were made
at the Lagos State Police Command Headquaters, Ikeja.
Okwuokei, in his statement to the police, allegedly
confessed to the crime, saying he bought the “police shirt” in Edo State.
He said, “I am a married man and I came to Lagos in
2015. When I was in Edo State, I bought the police shirt. I came to Lagos
and started using it to make money by extorting money from motorists.
“Anytime I am on the road, I make an average of
N10,000 within two hours. I actually wanted to be a policeman, but when I
failed, I started doing this. I am also a commercial bus driver.”
The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police
Command, SP Dolapo Badmos, said the command had been getting a lot of
complaints from motorists and residents in the area concerning the activities
of the suspect.
She said, “We had received a series of complaints
from motorists and people living in that area that he had been extorting money
from them. The Commissioner of Police’s monitoring unit was sent to the area to
investigate and he was arrested in the process.
“He owned up to the crime and said he had been
doing it since he came to Lagos last year. We have declared war on people
denting the image of the police and we will make more arrests in the coming
days.
“The
command hereby appeals to members of the public to be vigilant and not part
with their hard-earned money to anyone who claims to be a policeman or wears
police uniform as the leadership of the Force abhors all forms of corruption.”
Badmos said the suspect would be arraigned in court
at the end of investigations.
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